Here are 21 things you can do to upstage and replace the
global pollution economy - and save money, improve your health and
have fun.
Buy a used car instead of a new one
Trade clothes and other goods instead of buying
Go to thrift stores, flea markets and lawn sales to buy anything
Grow as much of your own food as possible. At least save compost material for gardeners
Buy only local food, unpackaged (of all materials plastic is the worst)
Eat food raw and make sprouts to minimize cooking, learn how to live without a refrigerator
Use a clothes line to dry clothes, towels and sheets
Plant trees and shrubs, preferably food-producing, especially in soil liberated via de-paving
Share everything, especially energy-consuming appliances
Change your job, if you commute (unless if by bike), to a closer job, or move closer to a job
Get a bicycle, and hook up a trailer or cart when needed
Don't borrow money from an insitution (e.g., mortgage); pay rent. Never charge or pay interest
Forsake jet travel, for it tears up the atmosphere and uses more fuel
per capita than any other form of transportation except single-person
cars
Have only one child, or none, but do adopt
And if you have time:
Oppose any new development of land that adds to energy consumption or subtracts from arable land
Have your city council or county supervisors adopt measures to
keep money within the community instead of enriching distant
corporations
Don't pay for services you don't use or approve of, even if others pay automatically
Perform civil disobedience and noncooperation to change policies and protest wrongdoing by government, corporate and schools
Slow down your pace, if you are trying to do a lot and seem too
busy, and take the opportunity to spend time with family and friends
Write letters to the editor about doing the above and about
issues that make clear the need to support the ecosystem and fellow
humans of the community
Follow your dreams, put more love in your life, love yourself
by taking care of your health instead of sacrificing it for society's
aims. Have fun, obey little, resist much
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Here are 21 things you can do to upstage and replace the
global pollution economy - and save money, improve your health and
have fun.
