This is good news. I spent one summer up in Juneau Alaska teaching a bunch of kids drama, and our course study encompassed a host of different enviornmental issues, as it happened soon after the Exxon Valdis disaster.

One of the childrens' mothers, after the classes ended, came up to me and said her child had been made so aware of the amount of trash accumulated by the family (I had them bring in a weeks' worth of packaging from everything the family had used and discarded) that she no longer let her take plastic bags from the grocery, but came shopping prepared with their own carrier bags.

Another parent told me her child didn't want to go to McDonalds anymore because of their use of styrofoam. She was shaking her head and smiling as she said this, as if it was the first time (and I have a feeling it was) that her son of 13 had shown any interest in anything other than himself in his life.

Both of these discussions were so heartening to me. The younger generation is open and willing to see and understand the necessity of change. But they need the adults to show them the way.

If we have any responsibility to the continuation of this planet we have so sorely missused, it'ss in the teaching of our young along with being our own best examples.

Recycle, Reuse, Remember!!!

OK, sermon over. Now I'll chomp on some corn containers..

..xx..e