The other day, as I perused the aisles of Target, I came upon a shocking discovery. In the back corner of the women’s section, where they keep their printed tees, hung a white tank top with the words “GO GREEN” printed on it. I stared. Could this be? I looked around a bit more. Went back to the T-shirt. Perused some more; found another “GO GREEN” bit of clothing: This time a cozy-looking sweatshirt. Yes. It must be true. Target was advocating the green lifestyle.
Though I was, of course, completely excited by this bit of news (so excited, in fact, that I called my mother, who was doing a conference in Atlanta, just to tell her about it), I was somewhat in shock that Target was taking a stand to be green.
What surprised me more was, over the past couple
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A couple of weeks ago (while still at home), I was in my town’s local health food store with a friend who was visiting from college. She was looking at all of the hair and body products and commenting on how she wanted to green-ify her body care collection. As I watched, she began pulling moisturizers and shampoos and deodorants from the shelves without a glance at the ingredients list.
Well, let’s just say I put a stop to that. “WAIT!” I cried. She looked at me questioningly. She had thought that, because she was in a health food store, every product must be completely green. COMMON MISCONCEPTION!!!!! Common misconception that is very wrong. Very wrong indeed. Many products in health food stores still carry such things as parabens and fragrances–you have
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I have wonderful news. Except for a day or two here and there, I have consistently been doing yoga every morning for nearly four weeks! This is a big step for me. I’ve even been doing it since I got to college, which I feared I wouldn’t. I have been absolutely loving it. I can feel it toning my body, and it is amazing how much better my mental state has been. Also, my breathing and posture have improved dramatically. I can really tell, too, because suddenly my singing has so much more breath energy! It’s wonderful.
At home, Mother and I had a carpet that we did yoga on that worked very well. No slipping, no losing our balance because we couldn’t get our footing. But here’s the thing: In a dorm room, there is no such carpet. In fact, I tried doing yoga on
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