why the environment and the way i eat and social justice are all intertwined.

i was just talking to my husband last night about how we need to eat less meat. there was a horrific article about the amount of POOP that cows produce daily and how this is becoming a problem for the environment....it got me thinking. then the last sunday of a teaching series at our church called God is green got me thinking too.  so we're sitting on the back porch, enjoying the warm summer evening.  it's kind of quiet.

then all of a sudden:

me: i've been thinking we should eat more beans.

husband: (insert blank stare because he knows i don't like beans)

me: i mean, like, maybe we could do a bean meal once a week.

husband: don't start thinking i'm going to give up meat.

me: no, and i don't want to give it up either.

(pause)

me: but, we could eat less. i mean we don't need meat at every meal.

(pause)

me: do we?

(pause)

husband: no, we don't at all.

me: and we could do more beans and other proteins with Smaller portions of meat. especially cow meat: remember all that poop?

husband: (understandably bewildered look on face) that's true.

it's a journey. my poor boy.