Septennial Update
Seven years and a lot has changed, yet a lot is the same. I went through my household and removed as many plastics as possible, only to have them creep in from every direction fairly immediately. As soon as you get sick, or have any kind of emergency you realize how prevalent and systemic this stuff is. There’s no contending with it alone. There have been several waves of attempts to eliminate, especially takeout containers. Some of the go-to restaurants got used to it, but sometimes there just wasn’t time to show up early and wait for food to be prepped and placed in the glass tupperware. Now more restaurants have paper containers. A lot had to be let go of for periods of time. What I realized from my study of the issues, my battle with PCOS as an endocrine disorder (with sensitivity to environmental toxins), study of Permaculture (rebranded indigenous principles) and our relationship with our home and self - is that people have to go through thinking about all of this in the conte