This stupid "green" movement

I'm getting angry. Well, scratch that, I'm beyond angry. So many individuals claim to be "green" and are "aware" of the environment that we all are forced to share.

In fact, I was just on a blog this morning called "Life Less Plastic" where folks were talking about buying a bread machine instead of buying store bread in those yucky plastic bags. First off, what is a bread machine made out of? Secondly, this may come as a news flash to some, you can actually make your own bread with out a "machine" and without any kind of bread kits! I know, it's crazy, but I have a metal 9" loaf pan that I received after my grandparents died (it was given to them on the occasion of their wedding in the 30s). Get this, when I put dough in it, and then put the whole thing in the oven (which I can use for countless other recipes), bread comes out!

Whole Foods, and now Walmart, have manufactured millions of reusable shopping bags. Why does there have to be a gimmic for people to simply just reuse what they have? Why do we need a special bag? Doesn't everyone already have a backpack at home? Really? Do we really need these stupid shopping bags with "Safeway," "Walmart," and "Whole Foods" written on the sides? You think you look "green" while walking down the street holding those dumb bags? Let's set the record straight- you bought, yet another, plastic bag. Only now, you're part of a marketing scheme.

Being resourceful is a way of life you cannot simply start living one day. It takes training; or in my case, spending the first 30 years of my life with minimal resources. When you don't have money to buy the bread maker or the new colorful reusable shopping bag, you make do with what you already have: a loaf pan and a backpack. Strangely enough, they seem to work just fine, and guess what? this color of green is much brighter to boot!