Christmas is over as well as the celebrations for the new year. My resolution is that it be a better year for all life, human, animal and plant. I pray for all of God's creation.
With the end of the most commercially important celebrations in the year,I notice again the waste. The waste of expensive Christmas wrapping paper being torn and thrown. For the 2008 Christmas, we placed each family's presents, unwrapped, in a bag. I don't think it made any difference to the recepients. I have to talk about the waste of food. People tend to load their plates especially at fetivals, and much is left uneaten and thrown away. IF I collected all the thrown out food at Christmas, I would probaably be able to feed all the strays in the country for a day, includiny the animals at shelters. The food if referigated may stretch for days. Think of the food thrown out by hotels.
Then there are the presents. Do most people really think about what the recepients would appreciate and be able to use? It is not the cost that matters. A box of tissues does not cost much and would always be used. It may not be appreciated as a present of cost but I am just trying to make a point.
You may know by now that I am a vegetarian. More animals die before celebrations to feed people. Do we need sentient beings to suffer and die to titilate our palates? A well prepared vegetarian meal is more than satisfying. BTW, a salad or a vegetable dish is not a vegetarian meal for celebrations. There are cookbooks on vegetarian meals and there is the internet. When you eat vegetarian, there is less waste, less use of resources and less pollution. Go vegan if you can. I can't preach on that as I am not vegan. I depend on canned and otherwise ready to eat packaged food and while I can be vegetarian, the vegan is not an option for me. I hope it can some day.
So to all, I wish you a great year and God's blessings. Waste nothing, not even an animal's life.
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