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Amazing
NATURE
ADVOCATES
The Simple Living Movement
The most environmentally friendly product is the one you didn't buy.
Joshua Becker
Imagine if there was something that each of us could do to help the environment, nature, and climate change. No specialized training or formal education needed.
Guess what? There is! It is easy to do and can also save you a lot of money.
Live a more simple life.
That's it.
Not complicated at all.
"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed."
Mahatma Gandhi
There is a strong and clear connection between living simply and a healthier world.
Conversely, it has become more than evident that excessive consumerism has had
a negative effect on the environment and climate change for many years.
One example is that it is believed that
the fashion industry is now the second
largest polluter in the world,
just after the oil and gas industries.
However, I do not want to go in a direction
of judgment nor shaming. A large majority of
us are guilty of consuming and buying more than we need and simply not realizing
the link between excessive consumerism
and the harm it has done to the environment.
The wonderful news is that more and more
are becoming aware and making the decision
to consume less.
How? By living a more simple life.
There is a growing movement of living simply and many are coming on board to help
the environment.
"How does natural resource consumption cause harm?
Almost everything we do involves materials that have been extracted, processed, transformed, bought and sold, taxed and subsidized, and often shifted across
vast distances.
Our economy is built around these raw materials (natural resources) like trees, gas, oil, metal ores, water and fertile land. Just look at your smartphone. It likely contains cobalt from Africa, copper from Chile and aluminum from Australia.
Over the years, our appetite for raw materials has grown. From 1970 to 2010, our natural resource consumption more than tripled. Overconsumption worsens climate breakdown and increases air pollution. It exhausts the planet's life support systems like the ones that provide us with fresh water, and leaves us short of materials critical to our health and quality of life."
from Friends of the Earth website
Living a more simple life not only helps the environment
but it also definitely has other benefits ...
reduced stress, more money, less debt, discovering your worth is not in your possessions, less clutter, less mental clutter
Another benefit?
With consuming less comes more emphasis
on enjoying life through experiences rather
than through buying stuff ...
go exploring
enjoy nature
take a walk
(and take the dogs,
they will thank you)
learn something new
each day
about something that fascinates you
do some baking
learn to cook
something new
go to the library
enjoy a jigsaw puzzle
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meditate
listen to music
learn yoga
go to a park with
your kids and dogs
enjoy a picnic
plant a garden
have a family
movie night
play board and card
games with friends
visit a museum
take a class in
something that truly
interests you
find a new hobby
volunteer for a
cause that speaks
to your heart
It is definitely a huge win for our big blue planet
as more and more people from all walks of life
and backgrounds are becoming a part of
the simple living movement!
