No, we’re not painting canvases with colorful health drinks and selling them to unsuspecting art collectors as the latest trend in “Organic Art.” The connection is more one of motivation. I’ll explain.
Smoothies and fine art—what’s the connection?In this issue of Organic Connections, we’re highlighting Daniella Chace, a nutritionist and author who creates recipes for smoothies that improve health and quality of life.
We’re also focusing on fine art photographer Chris Jordan who has turned his talent and his lens on the excesses of disposable consumerism. His objective—to raise consciousness of our struggle between having “stuff” and being responsible to our environment. This societal dilemma comes down to an individual level where each of us makes his or her own decisions. Chris shows how the infinitesimal amount of waste we each generate becomes a mountain when multiplied by millions.
But here’s the ray of hope. Sure, there are problems in the world. Haven’t there always been? But we have great resources among us. We have people like Daniella and Chris whose motivation is to improve our quality of life. We have people in the natural products industry who work very hard to provide natural and organic products that are better for our bodies and better for our world. We have visionaries like architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart, authors of Cradle to Cradle, who explain how products can be designed from the outset so that, after their useful lives, they will provide nourishment for something new.
We have our friends in Remineralize the Earth who have a simple way to get nutrients back into our soil. We have Conservation International and many other groups addressing global warming. The point is, many people of goodwill are on the case. That’s good news because these man-made problems are susceptible to man-made solutions. So next time you feel a bit depressed after watching the TV news, remember the good folks who are working hard to make this a better world for us all.
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