Rethinking Lifestyle

Change. We see rapid change all around us at every level: global, national, and local levels, as well as at sociological and technological levels.

This blog is all about local… and it doesn’t get more local than eating many of your own home-grown garden vegetables and fruits.

Step outside and look around you. Is there a corner of your yard that’s overgrown and unruly? Are you excited to get back in the garden, while at the same time dreading all the weeding you’ll need to do?

In a recent article I made some comments about Canada’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP), which established 2 emissions reduction targets, one for the year 2030 and the other for the year 2050.

We are embarking on a wide-reaching transition. This transition is variously called the Green New Deal.

Coca Cola Switzerland has announced that they will completely move to recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles for all their Switzerland-bottled products and have already reached around 60%.

“Water, water, everywhere, but not a drop to drink”, said the ancient Mariner. We seem to also have lots of water around us this spring. Fortunately for most of us in Canada, our water requires very little filtering to be good to drink.

We are now in a place on our human timeline, where we adapt and become more fully accountable for the impacts of our daily decisions, or we continue to damage our earth and her natural systems. Possibly beyond repair.

As we begin the planting season, saving seed is typically not top of mind. However, crop selection plays a big role in seed saving success.

Many of us would immediately think about going to visit the local politician to start. However, according to Joseph Overton, an American political scientist, they are the last people we should go see to make change.