Out of the mouth of babes….
Posted on July 3, 2008 | By Bluemountainmama | 3 Comments
Okay…. being the proud mama that I am, I just had to share a short story about an interaction with my son this week. We’ve discussed MTR with him and he’s seen photos and knows the benefits of renewable energy vs. non-renewable energy. We were driving past a wind farm on a nearby ridge, when my son piped up from the back seat, “Do you know what I’m going to do, mom?”
“Nope…. what?”
“I’m going to sneak up onto an MTR site and steal all their explosives and throw them in a desert…. then they won’t be able to blow up any more of our mountains.”
“Hmmm…” I said, thinking that wasn’t such a bad idea.
Then he added, “And then I am going to arrest the people doing MTR, because I think they are criminals.”
“Mommy thinks they are criminals, too.”
And that is exactly what they are. Stealing land, resources, water, and a way of life that has sustained mountain people for generations. The conversation reminded me of the song that says, ‘Teach your children well…’ I can only hope that the next generation can see that business and profit without morality is evil. And that we can’t destroy the very thing we are dependant on for survival… the earth.
Hopefully they will be better stewards of the earth’s gifts than we have been. Let’s continue to educate, teach, and fight!
Our remnants of wilderness will yield bigger values to the nation’s character and health than they will to its pocketbook, and to destroy them will be to admit that the latter are the only values that interest us. – Aldo Leopold
Comments
3 Responses to “Out of the mouth of babes….”
Leave a Reply
Search This Site
Archives
You Can Help…
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Featured Posts
Popular Posts
Endmtr.com Forum
- Mountaintop removal in Tennessee December 18, 2011
- Michigan coal-fired plants to close; wind and air to step up December 17, 2011
- Energy Company Abandons Plan For Georgia Coal Plant December 17, 2011
- GOP’s Coal Poison Pill Risks White House Veto Of Payroll Tax Cut Bill December 17, 2011
- New study documents cumulative impact of mountaintop mining December 12, 2011
The Latest Google News – MTR & Climate Change
- INFLUENCE GAME: Big donors and what they want - Ventura County Star - 06 Feb 12
- INFLUENCE GAME: Big donors and what they want - Atlanta Journal Constitution - 03 Feb 12
- INFLUENCE GAME: Big donors and what they want - Fox News - 03 Feb 12
- If We Can Stop the Keystone Pipeline, We Can Stop Mountaintop Removal. Right? - Huffington Post - 02 Feb 12
- Asheville Green Drinks initiative promotes sustainability, green movement - The Blue Banner - 01 Feb 12
Information / Hotline
Contributing Authors – Past & Present
Gallery
EPA
Admin
Last searched terms
Visitors Online
- 03 visitor(s) online
- powered by WassUp
July 3rd, 2008 @ 4:11 pm
Great story Blue. I think your son has some great ideas.
July 4th, 2008 @ 11:35 pm
If everyone teaches their kids as well as you have, the world would be a much better place to live in.
July 7th, 2008 @ 10:54 am
Cute Story. Sounds like you’ve got a smart kid on your hands.