{"id":645,"date":"2013-09-23T12:15:09","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T19:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roomforapony.net\/?p=645"},"modified":"2013-09-24T21:36:15","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T04:36:15","slug":"i-have-found-my-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roomforapony.net\/?p=645","title":{"rendered":"I have found my people!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can\u2019t help it — I\u2019m obsessed with garbage, and with how the world is filling up with it. But I\u2019m not alone! \u00a0Finally I\u2019ve been admitted to the Master Recycling Program, an educational opportunity coveted by so many Portlanders that there\u2019s a waiting list for it. Yay!<\/p>\n

Yay, but boo.<\/p>\n

Yay because it thrills me that I live in a city where people clamor to be admitted to Recycling School. Boo because I\u2019ve been realizing recently that this isn\u2019t representative of what\u2019s going on in most of the United States.<\/p>\n

On recent trips outside Oregon I\u2019ve noticed that the rest of the country isn\u2019t necessarily on the same garbage truck. This recycling fervor isn\u2019t sweeping the citizenry elsewhere like it is here.<\/p>\n

A lot of ecologically minded people move to Portland to \u201cfight the good fight\u201d with us. Well, that\u2019s understandable — who doesn\u2019t want to be on a winning team? And of course, if people must move here, that\u2019s the kind of people we want.<\/p>\n

But how about you stay where you are and work on it there? There\u2019s a huge need for garbage-heads to infiltrate the rest of the country with these ideas. Just read this blog, and apply it locally. Also, I hope that out-of-state readers will report in through the comment feature and update me on how it\u2019s going where you are.<\/p>\n

Keep checking in. I\u2019m about to become a minefield of information.<\/p>\n

\"Wonder<\/p>\n

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