“Then, I moved to Costa Rica. A plastic bag free-for-all. There’s no question these bags with handles are handy, and since it does rain in Costa Rica, paper bags aren’t always a good solution especially when one has to take the bus or walk home. But the other day when I came home, my AAA batteries (which are encased in plastic to begin with) were inside a plastic bag inside another plastic bag…….”

As it says, the bags are quite useful, even an “good solution” when we need to use the bus. But you see, accepting everything in this country I love and live full-time for the last ten years without questioning , understanding and examining the issues is limiting thought. I write daily about the beauties of this country, but I also look where maybe – together – we can make a little change. Why does the AA batteries need to be inside another plastic bag? Perhaps conscious use of our consumption before we even leave the supermarket is a new way of thinking.

I live inside and out in this country with two kids. We plant trees, know the national anthem, pick up trash, and look for ways, even one less plastic bag at the grocery store, to improve our homeland.

I try to go to the store weekly and just take a satchel to load up what I buy in.