After a holiday season which, even in light format, was not bad all dress from the point of view of consumption, I wonder.
I am a girl with an ecological conscience that has been waking up more and more in recent years. I’m far from having the passion of a Greta Thunberg, but I come from a family where McDonald’s was a forbidden fruit and where waste sorting has always been part of everyday life.
I am making an effort to contribute my part, even though I am still filled with contradictions. I do part of my bulk groceries, I cultivate a small garden, I buy organic meat from the producer when I eat it and the vast majority of the clothes my family owns are “Made in Quebec” or second-hand. . Having said that, I feel like I’m going against the grain, even with these simple little gestures. It hurts me to feel like this. The environmental discourse is certainly more present, but the boots have, unfortunately, still struggled to follow the lips.
I thirst for action. No individual movements, but collective ones. I want to believe that we can come together around the common goal of taking care of our planet and its extraordinary nature. Deep in my being, I want us to learn from what’s going on, tse, the COVID-19 pandemic …
When I look out my window and see all the dead trees by the side of the path, the trash cans in my neighborhood full of Amazon boxes with torn wrapping paper and then turn to my cell phone screen to consult My Instagram feed populated with photos from vacations in the South, my heart hurts. Why ? Because I still envy a lot of these things …
I find nature beautiful, but I still use it by not always asking myself the right questions about what it does to her. My children see it more than I do. This sentence from my 4-year-old boy, who was watching the tree come out through the patio door, still echoes in my head: “Poor tree! We hurt him. ”
The magic of Christmas as it is experienced in many families, including mine, goes a lot through the dream of the mountain of gifts intended for children who have been well-behaved, despite the fact that we make a effort by giving to the food drive or by promoting local purchases.
Travel is, for me, synonymous with the ultimate escape. I often dream, in secret, of the sound of the waves, the sun and the palm trees.
What our society values inevitably influences us all.
Besides, the pandemic has proven to us that we are capable of holding each other, and I think that is beautiful. She showed us that a 180 degree turn is possible when you feel like you are doing the right thing, even if it is difficult.
This year, I want to be inundated with actions that prove that we are heading in the right direction in terms of sustainability. As we are still in a crisis, I hope to see the leaders of my province and my country show the right path. That towards vaccination, but also that towards alternatives to the model of overconsumption. I wish they would show courage and vision.
Great things can be accomplished in difficult times. I want renewal, not warmth, we have gained enough degrees in recent years …
Let’s all keep a cool head!