Buying phosphate-free soap allows you to say, 'My detergent doesn't have the harsh chemicals others do.' The question is, how are you washing with it? The very worst thing for the Earth about detergent is that we heat water to use it.
Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.
Social distance makes it all the easier to focus on small differences between groups and to put a negative spin on the ways of others and a positive spin on our own.
Making choices that improve things for all of us on the planet is an act of compassion, a simple act we can do any time we go shopping.
The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.
True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but also being moved to help relieve it.
