The word is changing on many levels and so quickly at present. Take the time to breathe fresh air, enjoy the bird song, and appreciating nature at these times.
Working at home can be a time to utilise online resources, read books, and doing those practical jobs that we do not often have time to do. We can also make our own cleaning products, grow our own food, be pesticide free, and reduce waste through composting and buying patterns. Autumn is a great time to save our own seeds, plant onion, garlic, leeks, broccoli, cauliflower and broad beans. We can use this time to be learning new ways to live a sustainable lifestyle and lessening our ecological footprint. The world can think more about the full cost of all the products we use socially, ecologically, as well as economically.
The down shifters’ guide to a resilient future is a site on retrofitting the suburbs - how you can make you home, garden, and community resilient. You can also look at our own Green Home initiative video on this PNB website.
https://retrosuburbia.com/
Measure your ecological footprint now and then again how it will be in the future at the website:
https://www.wwf.org.au/get-involved/change-the-way-you-live/ecological-footprint-calculator#gs.1a3wjo
You can also offset your footprint through tree preservation or tree planting initiatives.
Building an ecological future together.