The World Is Your Oyster

Although perhaps not quite so much on a predominantly vegetarian diet.  But exceptions can always be made for those occasions when oysters are on the menu and good company is at hand.  Liberal invocation of those types of exceptions is highly recommended.  Life is short; YOLO, as the kids say.  Balance - duty to the animals, on the one hand; nature and self-care, on the other.  Everything in moderation.

And with that approach, maybe the world really can be your oyster - the best of it all.

Like the Billion Oyster Project - an educational program in the New York City public schools that teaches marine conservation techniques and seeks to seed oysters in used shells to plant in New York Harbor, both to clean the water and to act as a defense against the strong currents of global warming.  And, bonus, the participating restaurants save money by reducing the need for waste disposal, and the shells that yield all that deliciousness go back to the ocean from where they came.  Not just win-win, but so many wins all around!

Love those stories!  Environmental goodness, educational goodness, gastronomical goodness.  Like the little urban (terrace) jungle.  Now how is that for bringing it all back around?

By Agata Poniatowski, from the NPR article linked. 

(Also the best of it all: Finally coming back around to making time to blog after a long absence, finally getting to use inspirational material saved and emailed in hopes of sharing it further, finally getting to take a little step toward building and sharing a version of the ideal and integrated life - that elusive goal of living....)