God forgive us for all the plastic we use. All the sacrifice the earth makes and gets harmed for so we can drink an iced coffee for ten minutes.

I used to be less concerned bc after all, this is an industrial problem. The way slaughterhouses, factories are run, globalization of the food market, our single-use world... me and my personal consumption shouldn't be blamed for a problem based in corporate greed.

But I was dead wrong. While that point is very true,
God isn't asking me about the methane polluting our air through every slaughterhouse in America. Or the microplastics in the ocean because of our synthetic fibers.

He's asking me about me.

And I need to step it up and make the tiny ecosystem within which I consume and operate pure, blessed, and wasteless. And protect the wildlife and the earth that is affected by MY consumption. Even if it is 0.00000001% less plastic straws in the ocean, it's still my straw.

It's not about saving the world. Being less wasteful isn't just about making a career out of it or spending lots of money on hipster zero-waste products. It's about gratitude and the personal responsibility God gave us to protect our blessed earth and the creatures that walk it.

Slowly but surely we can build a beautiful relationship w the Earth & its Creator. Tiny steps: replacing your disposable straws & cups -> just buying less coffee in the first place. Saving your ricewater & old grounds for the plants.
And when you do use plastic, you feel it.