A Serious Look at Recycling and a Not-So-Serious Look at Man Purses

I appreciate a good recycling system. I wouldn’t consider myself a tree-hugger, but I do think that everyone should be responsible with how they use the Earth’s resources. That being said, I really appreciate Spain’s efforts to recycle. On pretty much every block you can find large bins to recycle glass, plastic and cardboard boxes or cartons (like the ones juice comes in). It makes it so easy to recycle that I think that most people here do it. They also had these bins in Granada, so I think it is a national drive to recycle.

In addition to recycling, I have learned, in my time here, that Spain is the world’s number one producer/consumer of wind-energy. Spain sees this as their main resource to offer to the United States. Not the energy itself, but more the information and knowledge that they have come to know from using wind-energy. They see that with the Obama Administration, as they try to renew the relationship between the two countries, they can become allies in the “War on Climate Change”. (I think I just coined that term so when you see it on FOX News, just remember you read it here first.)

It just makes me think that if Spain, much smaller country than the United States, can make it so easy to recycle, how is it that the United States can figure it out?



On a lighter note, I have also observed that Spanish men really rock the “man purse”. Walking down the street, it is not uncommon to see a guy with a “man purse” every few minutes. For those of you who don’t know what a “man purse” is, well, it’s exactly what it sounds like. A purse, but a bit more manly looking. If you still aren’t sure of what a “man purse” is, I would suggest that you watch the Friends Episode which I think is called “The One with Joey’s Bag”. I don’t know what they put in their purses because I know what is in mine and I’m fairly certain they wouldn’t need what’s in mine. I know it’s not papers and stuff because I haven’t really seen any that are big enough for that. It’s not just among young men either, I’ve seen a few older men with them too. It really is surprising to me, because I don’t know many guys in the U.S. that would use the “man purse”. However, it works for the Spanish men, and to them: rock it! :)