Updated: Wed, 2 Jan 2008

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008!
Want to send my very best wishes to all for 2008.

To start off the new year, I thought it an opportune time to insert some commentary from today’s NYTimes Op-Ed featuring one of my favorite authors, Jared Diamond, “What’s Your Consumption Factor?” Diamond, chose the number 32 as the basis for his consumption factor and interpretation of Westerners’ overall consumption compared to third-world consumers, where we might possibly have another ensuing debate for economists and world health organization members alike which I’ll leave to the reader.

While we very much support countries following the Kyoto Protocol and adhere to helping cut greenhouse gas emissions globally, we MUST act and think GLOBALLY in our overall consumption.

A SPECIAL REQUEST
We ask kindly that all our friends and family who received an LL Bean canvas bag to begin if you haven’t already, using it immediately. We hope you’ll skip the “paper or plastic” option and instead use this bag for all your groceries, recycling or even for those times you would require a bag of some sort. It’s completely recyclable and has no waste, other than when it finally retires, which should last several if not many years.