When 50-Something Baby Boomers resolve To Go Green

When 50-Something Baby Boomers resolve To Go Green

A lot of my friends and relatives know I am trying to go green. This is actually not my first stab at it. I started recycling many years ago, and other than taking organic vitamins and trying my best to eat natural foods, that was about as far as I went.

Then, at age fifty-three, which I am now, I had an epiphany. I had been a part of the worst generation for this planet. The guilt started setting in like snowflakes on a windy North Dakota winter night. I am a baby boomer. I was a part of the peace, love, Woodstock generation. Other than learn to talk back to our government (which actually turned out to be a good thing), we didn't do a lot for the planet. We smoked (and sometimes not just cigarettes). We drank too much. We drove V8's and used premium gas. And we thought we were "saving the planet"??? It plainly shows how deluded one can get, if one gets complicated in "a movement". And though, I must say some very decent music came out of that generation that is often copied, never duplicated, most of us that came out of it, merely survived it.

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My point is, we didn't do a lot to make the planet cleaner, more efficient, more sustainable, or anyone else. So what in the world did we do to help? Well, I guess the best we (the males) did was not dirty up the barber's floors with hair. Not much else that crosses my mind.

I am astounded that I am still alive after my early college years of eating sardines, peanut butter, and Big Macs. And we were "children of the earth"? I don't think so. Keep in mind we were doing the best we could given the tools (or lack thereof) handed to us. I am sure our parents, professors, and other elders were more confused than us as to what was happening to our planet. We had no instant entrance to information. No Google, cell phones, Internet. Not even a Blue tooth. How, oh how, did we ever get by?

So I did my damage and made my amends. The inquire is, what now, can I, as one human, do to make the world a better place? I can first of all make me better. I believe Gandhi was accurate when he says "Become the turn you want to see". So I practice and watch my diet. I try to wear earth-friendly clothing and use organic cleaners in my home. I eat organic. I don't do this all the time, but it is a process. And it is a journey. And it is part of my growth. And it is to prove to myself that it is never too late to do a itsybitsy something, no matter how little, to modify my own behavior to do better. I can't turn anyone else. I can barely turn me. We do turn though if we are truly motivated to change.

If you are not already practicing earth-friendly or eco-friendly behavior, I suggest you try. Join a few forums and blogs and get to know some of the population who are doing things. You would be surprised at their joy and happiness and sense of fulfillment many of them have. And it is contagious.

This old dog may be learning new tricks after all, and if I can, so can you.

When 50-Something Baby Boomers resolve To Go Green

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