A New Year's List

Time to get serious about this blog. I start school on Jan 23rd - I'm going for my Master's in Public Administration with a concentration in Sustainable Management at the Presidio Graduate School in San Francisco. I'm a 45 year old single mom who needs a job, and have a dream of a career that I am passionate about. My children are 13 and 9, and I hope to serve as an example to them of how hard work can lead to a job one loves. I'll be in school for almost the whole time that my 13 year old is in high school. She'll graduate and I'll hopefully land a job.

I've had a lot of thoughts on sustainability, the green movement, more responsible, let's call it thoughtful living during the past year - but haven't been serious about recording my thoughts - obviously. The thing is - it is just so complicated. I keep being reminded of the dilemma - which is more environmentally friendly - disposable diapers or cloth diapers? In one house, with one child, the choice may seem obvious, but with millions of parents choosing one way or the other, it gets complicated. So I'm going to record my thoughts, questions and research here. I hope to get support from the community out there - and your questions too. I don't know the answers, and I don't want to sound like I do. But I do believe that with more intentional and thoughtful living, we can do better than we do today.

Here are some ideas for future posts:

Freedom of Choice
CFL - the pluses and the minuses
Hybrid Cars - the pluses, but what about those batteries
Plug In Cars - a good idea for some technology?
Composting - my efforts, frustrations, my success?, being elsewhere
Water - why pay for it?
The North Pacific Gyre - don't get me started - will this problem drive my future career choice?