UNDER CONSTRUCTION ! ; 0
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
*This is an article from the NON-TOXIC TIMES newsletter ,entitled " Required Reading: Environmentalism Isn’t So Dead after All" "Required reading..."
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Even though the names and symbols are different , the ecology campaign is still alive and kicking . I have been re-worked myself through many challenges in life. So , I have chosen to embrace the new movements from the perspective of the repackaged me . Part of this repackaging includes 'doing' the simplicity/subsistance thing . With a couple of twists.
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It will be from a Christian perspective .
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It will be modified for those of us who are older/disabled/single moms/homeless and already living on a subsistance level , to illustrate that living on a low income can be Abundance Living.
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It will include the cool 'faddish' type things that are part of the movement , but ...
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It will emphasize a total life change mentality.
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You are probably going to have to put up with my stories of when I was a younger hippie-ecologist-want to marry someone from the ads in the back of Mother Earth News magazine - type .
By the way , here are all of the Mother Earth News issues , complete , online !
THE MOTHER EARTH NEWS ARTICLE SEARCH PAGE
In this country , the U.S. , we have become greedy , wasteful , me-thinking people . From this heap of garbage that we have thrown away , people from third world countries could build a house , find something to wear ,and start a business from selling junk to other people. Don't believe it ? Read on .
This article has a different spin on the local garbage dump. This dump is not just a dump , but the people are helping the government with recycling !? Wouldn't it be better to sort out the things that would be tossed out and then give them to people instead of making them compete with flies and stray dogs ? Still , this illustrates that there are people in this world living off other peoples' garbage.
Not unlike on other third world garbage dumps, Roatan's Mud Hole dump supports many people that with dignity make a living and relieve the local and central government from their recycling responsibilities." Note the ad right next to this article about vacation villas.
Do you remember this symbol
for ecology in the 1970's ?
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When I see this symbol , it brings back a flood of memories about my campaign to save the world through recycling.
Actually , I was a fraud . I really only wanted to recycle because I had a crush on a boy who was fanatical about the ecology movement.
I remember in the 1970's when recycling and ecology were in vogue .I had a crush on a boy that was really into recycling and nature , so I decided that on the way home from school everyday , I would pick up all the trash by the side of the street. Then I took it home in garbage bags and sorted everything into aluminum , paper ,and glass. I got friends to walk with me and do it too.
Well , the guy that I liked never even knew I was doing this because I was too shy to talk to him. Plus , I ended up walking home alone .My friends were tired of taking so long to get home because they had to stop to pick up every little bit of trash that I saw .( When I think back , I must have been pretty convincing if I had my friends doing this with me )
Then winter came and I decided that I didn't want to bring home stuff that I had to thaw out before I sorted it. My hands felt frozen from picking up cold stuff , plus , I found out my "crush" had a girlfriend . OH WELL , so much for true love .
Now that I am older ,and so much more empowered than I was when I was when I was young , I have embraced the ecology movement again .The name of the cause itself has been recycled and I have no idea what happened to that boy from the '70s . Now the ecology cause has been repackaged as the simplicity movement , the save our world movement , subsistance living , and many more modern phrases.
Oh , I just can't believe that I am now part of the "Older Generation" . But you can trust me , I promise !
CLEANING SOLUTIONS
I like to make my own cleaning solutions. Here are some of my favorites , all my own formulas :
Disinfectant:
Glass and Windows:
Countertops, stovetop, quick mess clean up:
If you would like to venture into making your own beauty and bath products , the following is a great site. There are TONS of recipes . Look under Recipes in Alphabetical Order in the left side column.
GARDENS AND GARDENING
Here is a great idea ! Start a recycled garden ! You can recycle seeds from almost any fruit or vegetable . For flowers , you can also collect seeds and bulbs. Here are some ideas and books :
Do you have a large group that you can share this with ? Check it out : all about seeds ! Be an ambassador !
