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Makes you think! It made me think because they "didn't have the green thing" when
I was growing up either.....and it was so much better......
In the line at the store,
the cashier told the older woman that plastic bags weren't good for the environment.
The woman apologized to her and explained, “We didn't have the green thing back in
my day.”
That’s right, they didn't have the green thing in her day. Back then, they
returned their milk bottles, Coke bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store
sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, using the same
bottles over and over. So they really were recycled. But they didn't have the green
thing back her day.
In her day, they walked up stairs, because they didn't have an
escalator in every store and office building. They walked to the grocery store and
didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time they had to go two blocks.
But she’s right. They didn't have the green thing in her day.
Back then, they washed
the baby’s diapers because they didn't have the throw-away kind. They dried clothes
on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts – wind and solar
power really did dry the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers
or sisters,
Not always brand-new clothing. But that old lady is right, they didn't
have the green thing back in her day.
Back then, they had one TV, or radio, in the
house – not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a pizza
dish, not a screen the size of the state of Montana. In the kitchen, they blended
and stirred by hand because they didn't have electric machines to do everything for
You.
When they packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, they used wadded up newspaper
to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.
Back then, they didn't fire up
an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. They used a push mower that ran
on human power. They exercised by working so they didn't need to go to a health club
to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she’s right, they didn't have
the green thing back then.
They drank from a fountain when they were thirsty, instead
of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time they had a drink of water. They refilled
pens with ink, instead of buying a new pen, and they replaced the razor blades in
a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade Got dull.
But they didn't have the green thing back then.
Back then, people took the streetcar
and kids rode their bikes to school or rode the school bus, instead of turning their
moms into a 24-hour taxi service. They had one electrical outlet in a room, not an
entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And they didn't need a computerized
gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in Space in order
to find the nearest pizza joint.
But that old lady is right. They didn't have the
green thing back in her day.
The Growing Forward Solar PV Pilot Program
The Solar Society of Alberta is happy to announce that The Growing Forward Solar
PV Equipment Pilot Program has launched as of today, January 30, 2012. This new grant
program provides rebates for grid-tied solar electric systems for Alberta farmers
located any where within the Province. A specific amount of funding has been set
aside so applicants will be considered on a first-approved, first-served basis. The
full program information, including the downloadable Application form and full program
Terms and Conditions, is available on the Growing Forward website at: http://www.growingforward.alberta.ca/
To
receive an application by fax, please call the Ag Info Center line toll free at 310-3276
(310-FARM). Please note that completed Application forms must be submitted through
the mail or hand-delivered to the Program address given on the form.
For any questions
please call the Ag Info Center at 310-3276 or Kelly Lund at
(780) 644-1197.
