Small Ways I Change The World

So, this week I evolved from believed that she wanted to change the world but didn't think she was doing much, to someone who realized that she IS changing the world, but in a bunch of minor ways. I realized that I don't fit the typical "change the world" mold. I don't join organizations, go to fund-raisers, send a lot of money to organizations. I do it much like my life--I do it my own way, mostly run or initated by me, and I only do it in a very personal way. I also don't do it for any one cause--but more scattered across many different ways. So, I started a list of what I do. This may inspire someone else...or maybe not. But I feel pretty good about it.

• I buy eggs only from cage-free chickens (thanks Libby)
• I don't eat chicken (because of a really long story about me bonding with chickens)
• I coach individuals and groups so that they can be more enlighted, intentional and then they can change the world.
• I sang in a choir that sang songs about social justice (musechoir.org)
• Camp Namaste--rather than supporting a camp, we created our own.
• I give money to people who are doing things themselves—much more than to organizations—including Jeannie. And I like to see what is being done (Nepal, etc.)
• I go online to the “Daily Click” sites—where every day they’ll donate a cup of rice, etc. if I click on the site (thehungerspot.com).
• I do all my searches through goodsearch.com instead of Google (which then donates 1 penny per search to the organization of my choice—in this case the choir listed above).
• I have given chickens and pigs through Heifer International to all my relatives and my kids’ teachers for Xmas presents for the last 4 years (I love how it confounds the teachers).
• I'm eating mostly vegetarian because it does more for the environment than switching from a Hummer to a Prius.
• I carry around a fabric bag in my purse and use plastic bags at shops only when necessary.
• I read e-books instead of paper books, saving the trees from the paper and the shipping and disposal waste.

It makes me want to find other small things.