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Amazing
NATURE
ADVOCATES
The Simple Living Movement
The most environmentally friendly
product is the one you didn't buy.
Joshua Becker
Imagine if there was something that each
of us could do to help the environment,
nature, and climate change.
No specialized training or formal education
is needed.
Guess what? There is!
It is easy to do and can also save you
a lot of money.
Be one of nature's superheroes
and live a more simple life!
That's it.
Not complicated at all!
"Earth provides enough to satisfy
every man's need,
but not every man's greed."
Mahatma Gandhi
There is a strong and clear connection between living simply and a healthier world. Conversely, it has become
more than evident that excessive consumerism has had a negative effect
on the environment and climate change
for many years.
One example is that it is believed that
the fashion industry is now
the second largest polluter in the world,
just after the oil and gas industries.
However, I do not want to go in a direction
of judgment nor shaming.
A large majority of us are guilty of consuming and buying more than we need and simply not realizing the link
between excessive consumerism and
the harm it has done to the environment.
The wonderful news is that more and
more are becoming aware
and making the decision to consume less.
How? By living a more simple life.
There is a growing movement of
living simply and many are coming
on board to help the environment.
"How does natural resource consumption cause harm?
Almost everything we do involves materials that have been extracted, processed, transformed, bought and sold, taxed and subsidized, and often shifted across
vast distances.
Our economy is built around these raw materials (natural resources) like trees, gas, oil, metal ores, water and fertile land. Just look at your smartphone. It likely contains cobalt from Africa, copper from Chile and aluminum from Australia.
Over the years, our appetite for raw materials has grown. From 1970 to 2010, our natural resource consumption more than tripled. Overconsumption worsens climate breakdown and increases air pollution. It exhausts the planet's life support systems like the ones that provide us with fresh water, and leaves us short of materials critical to our health and quality of life."
from Friends of the Earth website
Living a more simple life not only helps the
environment but it also has other benefits ...
reduced stress, more money, less debt, discovering your worth is not in your possessions, less clutter, less mental clutter
Another benefit?
With consuming less comes more emphasis
on enjoying life through experiences rather
than through buying stuff.
So it is definitely a huge win
for our big blue planet
as more and more people
from all walks of life and
backgrounds are becoming
SIMPLE LIVING
SUPERHEROES!
