Next Monday! @ 2440 Bancroft Way near Telegraph Ave.
CLOSING NOTE Blah blah blah
I majored in Society & Environment, a pair that encompasses sort of everything. I took classes that showed me the horrors of social and environmental doom and gloom that eventually led to these tiny concentrated feelings of depression, cynicism, and slight helplessness. I mean, so what if millions of people are suffering from contaminated water and so what if every bite of deliciously seared tuna comes with a bit of mercury? What are you even supposed to do about that?
So I've become inspired by the little stories of people trying to do their best to make things better in their own homes and communities. I don't even think we are truly capable of doing too much more. To care for and find joy in your own home, friends, and family and practicing what you can to do best by them. Starting there, it's hard enough, but I think it's a necessary step. Because from there, practice can be extended to neighbors, new friends, to the greater community, and beyond.
That's why I'm really happy to see the Food Collective open next Monday, before I leave Berkeley. It's served as a model for me, where good-intentioned people who care about stuff can really go a long way, even if what they've created isn't too fancy. This is true of many projects I've been lucky enough to be part of over the past five years. It just has to work, and it doesn't have to make a global impact over night. In fact, I don't think anything can, except maybe a strategically catastrophic string of unexpected natural disasters across the globe...
Anyways, the point is: I hope that people don't loose hope in the things they care for, because then we wouldn't have those groups of people all around the world who care and create and keep us alive in whatever little way they do. I think this is the conclusion I'm gonna leave Berkeley with for now :)
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