Healthy Indoors Magazine
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52 March 2014 someone else to step in too? Are you the kind of person who won't clean the poo off your shoe so everyone you encounter has to smell it too? We all can and should help clean it up. Okay. Back to technology, being present, com- munity and what this has to do with cleaning up poop and being really busy. I will also add that I'm a bit of an idealist, so do have hope for our society. The past couple of weeks here in Arizona made me very proud of my community. While the na- tional media and late night talk show hosts were (rightfully) slamming Arizona over the blatantly discriminatory Senate Bill 1062, I watched a beautiful, community driven, grassroots effort unfold before my eyes. Technology was utilized for good to share infor- mation regarding rally times and online petitions were quickly created. The Governor's inbox was flooded with emails urging her to veto the bill. I wrote a pro bono media alert for a food truck owner who passed out 150 free cheese- burgers to rally attendees (http://bit.ly/NKLkmk). Hundreds of people showed up for days on end to use their voices and time for good. The pictures shared through social media were amaz- ing. Very powerful stuff… Though our state has some serious reputation management to con- tend with in the coming months and years (which I discussed on Channel 12 the day of the veto - http://bit.ly/1hyQptd) the bottom line is that people came out en masse to help clean up the shit. Together, the community took action. In my opinion, this is a tipping point for us and one that can serve as an example to other communities. If we can all spend three hours a week deleting spam from our inbox, and another 32+ hours a week looking at crap online and another 16+ hours a week watching television shows; then surely we can find the time out of our very busy schedules to attend something worthwhile that will create positive changes within our commu- nity for not just us now, but also future genera- tions. A rally, a community empowering event, a documentary screening, or a roundtable dis- cussion. If you're not a creator, be a supporter. Just get off your ass and help pick up the poop. Let's start being pro-active so we don't have to be so reactive. Miss Sustainable Continued from previous page " Let's start being pro-active so we don't have to be so reactive. "