A Jeep In Summer

It's Spring. Think about doing something to protect our world

"I want creation to penetrate you with so much admiration that everywhere, wherever you may be, the least plant may bring to you the clear remembrance of the Creator ... One blade of grass or one speck of dust is enough to occupy your entire mind in beholding the art with which it has been made"

Basil of Caesarea

For instance, think about buying an organic t shirt next time. Why?

Approximately 1/3 of a pound of pesticides are used in the production of just one cotton t-shirt.
Although cotton is regulated as a non-food agricultural product, in fact most of the cotton plant ends up in our food chain (as cottonseed oil and as feed for cattle). If it were regulated as a food product, many of the chemicals used currently would not be allowed.
Organic cotton is similar in quality to traditional cotton grown in the same area.(2)
Many of the pesticides used in cotton are known carcinogens.
In California, one of the top five cotton growing states, 200,000 pounds of Aldicarb is used each year despite being banned in some states for its danger to water sources.(3)
Endosulfan, a common pesticide used on cotton, washed off a cotton plantation into a waterway in 1995. “Within days 245,000 fish were killed over [a] 16 mile stretch. 142,000 pounds of Esolufan were used in California in 1994.”