The Green Social Worker

I took a zero waste trip to MOM's Organic Market last week! Feeling inspired by my Environmentalism Social Work class (which was enlightening and wonderful in so many ways), I wanted to buy granola and some other grains in bulk. After class, I did my usual light rail commute back home to Falls Road. However, instead of getting off, I stayed on the light rail to get up to Lutherville (public transit at work - exciting!). Then I got off and walked over to the MOM's in the Lutherville shopping center. The Lutherville Light Rail Stop I had packed my washed and reused plastic bags the night before, plus my reusable tote bag, so all I had to do was get my supplies. I did get a few not strictly not zero waste things, which were face lotion and kimchi. However, the face lotion is made by a company called Alaffia whose values I really support (and whose lotion is all-natural and doesn't bother my very sensitive skin). I believe the plastic they use for their lotion is

I love quotes. Gretchen Rubin's daily emails are a good way to ingest them easily. Here are a few from this year that I love:  “The world only exists in your eyes—your conception of it. You can make it as big or as small as you want to.”  -- F. Scott Fitzgerald,  The Crack-Up “The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.” -- Oscar Wilde,  The Picture of Dorian Gray “The infinite wonders of the universe are revealed to us in exact measure as we are capable of receiving them. The keenness of our vision depends not on how much we can see, but on how much we feel….Nature sings her most exquisite songs to those who love her.”  -- Helen Keller,  The World I Live In "There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.”  -- Kazuo Ishiguro, interview “I love a broad margin to my life.” (my overall favorite quote is this one) -- Henry David Thoreau,  Walden