equilibrium – that is what i yearn for, all the time it is the back of my mind. she gets under because she can’t handle the stress of not finding a place for her self, not finding a nich�. it is so overwhelming it causes extreme mood siwngs. i want so much to be supportive, to be helping but sometimes i wonder how much i can do, or if rather, i’m just in the way… i don’t know. i get frustrated when i start thinking that the only way she can turn her mood is if i get upset, or that i can’t do very much in a way that doesn’t irritate her. am i prancing around her feelings too much? am i not being sensitive enough? it is really hard not to let it affect my mood, because i feel so strongly for her, i hate to see her upset, while thinking at the same time that if i could just walk away, maybe she’ll realize i am not doting and do more to pull herself up?
food for thought from the O2 Network:
Natureworks by Cargill/Dow is a polymer made from corn. Not a GMO, just plain old corn. My excitement about this polymer comes from their selection of films and moldable polymers for packaging. It is also spinnable, like polyester, to make fabrics. I’m not sure what’s available for wearable fabrics, but they had quite a nice display for interior fabrics at the Seattle EnvironDesign.
Fabric mills using Natureworks:
http://www.cargilldow.com/ingeo/partners_abc.asp
General info:
http://www.cargilldow.com/corporate/natureworks.asp
More recently, I was talking to one of their group at the Living Green Expo here in Minnesota. One really cool thing I found out Cargill/Dow is doing, is rather than buy organic corn per se, they’re buying all the output a CONVERTING-to-orgainc farmer can produce. Taking away the economic barrier to going organic.
Their rational, eventually all corn could then be grown organically – given the incentive. At that point they could then produce truly organic plastic. Until then, they can provide the transitional step needed to move in that direction. And of course, NOT reward unsustainable players with their business. Not a bad plan.