Last Christmas we began our attempt to live more sustainably by inviting our family to not buy Christmas presents but to 'make, bake or create' a gift for their Secret Santa recipient. The results were amazing and got us all thinking about how to respect our earth more. We started culling our possessions, saving all jars and containers and food shopping wholesale at The Source. Now we are looking at going plastic free (we know this will take a while) but it's a goal!
Willow by Billabong I knitted for Heather
The driving force behind this is my very amazing daughter Eliza. Earlier this year I ticked off one of my Bucket (dream) List items by shaving my head with Eliza to raise money for the
Living Positive Kenya organisation. Eliza had volunteered there 12 months earlier and it affected her profoundly. Shaving my head was very freeing and suited our ethos to live with less and be more sustainable.
Eliza and I after the big shave!
Ideas for a sustainable life are growing like our veggie patch. We even found a use for the remaindered stock of books from one of my publishers who went bust a few years ago. Apart from lining my coffin with them - I thought this herb spiral was a wonderful sustainable use for Spin the Bottle! (Don't worry I still have plenty more left...)
Pepsi checking out the book herb spiral
So the word for today is very applicable:
Permaculture:
n.
A system of perennial agriculture emphasizing the use of renewable natural resources and the enrichment of local ecosystems.
n
1. (Environmental Science) the practice of producing food, energy, etc, using ways that do not deplete the earth's natural resources
