EcoPerks

The eighties were not about conservation. This was evident even in the care packages college students received from home. I’m not referring to the gifts themselves, but the materials used to post a package. Unaware of the un-biodegradable faux pas, I envied these slick presentations.
My folks, you see, were green before their time. I’d grown up eating salads grown in a garden that dwarfed the Amazon jungle. This garden was fueled by my mother’s impressive 6×6 foot compost heap. A heap that, to my great horror, replaced the very sand of my sandbox when I was six! (more…)