How much STUFF will you accumulate over the Holidays? This can be the things you buy as presents, the wrapping paper and bows, cards sent and received and the food we make, goodies we bake – stop for a moment and think about how much MORE STUFF is generate this time of year.
Then take a moment and consider how you can reduce your consumption – what can your reuse or recycle?
Here are a few informative items to help you see how much we all contribute. Watch/read them and then find at least ONE way to reduce your consumption or waste. I would love to hear your idea!
What is the Story of Stuff?
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
Doreen
About doreen.pollack
Doreen Pollack, aka The Garden Goddess, loves Mother Earth and all her creatures, but especially all plants. Several years ago, after completing the Master Gardener program in Arizona, she realized just how simple it was to do little things to tread more lightly on this great earth. Doreen loves to teach people how to create an outdoor environment that fits their needs, from a place to recharge, a place to play, or a place to grow food. She enjoys showing people how to create sustainable environments that use water and other resources wisely.
Doreen continues to learn as she teaches. If she is not teaching a class she is taking one! She just completed a course as a Permaculture Designer, and upholds the Ethics of Care of the earth, Care of people and sharing of the surplus (time, money material). She is a Desert Botanical Garden Volunteer, Board member for the Phoenix Permaculture Guild where she also teaches classes, co-manages a community garden, writer, teacher, and a former Certified Life Coach.
She owns Down 2 Earth Gardens, a garden consulting business in Phoenix, AZ where she lives with Annie, her Springer Spaniel and 2 cats, Sweet Pea and Mischief. You can often find her hiking in the desert
I will be reducing my consumption of stuff over the holidays by giving people edibles. Yummy!
I bet your family and friends loved your gifts – what did you make?
Doreen