I like your attitude. I wish more people made the same effort. Too many people are buying too much stuff they don't need (often with money they don't have), which is going to create even more problems.
If there is one person I knew would understand, it WOULD be you! My only regret was not being able to bring my birch bark and cedar bark with me from Vancouver. It sheds once a year, and I pick it up and make art from it. It's free, it's environmentally friendly, and it can disintegrate when you don't want it anymore! It's the best thing EVER.
Re: I'm amazed!gishkishenhDecember 21 2011, 01:25:23 UTC
So far, nothing needed to be bought. But i will update with things as time goes on.
As for food, our family already capitalized on the Organic free range, as well as recyclable packaging. Here in Canada, our Recycling system works far better than in America; we can send glass, metal, plastic, Styrofoam, and paper. Sadly, because we are urban and not country, we have no means of hunting deer and growing our own food. While places down town have started to cultivate "Local gardens", they are few and far between in comparison to Vancouver. It's not a big thing for us as we do not eat much to begin with, and we have a very cook-from-scratch mentality. :)
Good for you! I'm also starting to live like this! I only buy what I need (I spend most of my money on FOOD!!!) not what I want. I try not to buy what I want too much. Buying too much material stuffs are just a waste of space and money. Also, those stuff will eventually be donated anyways. XD
We should love and take care of our dear Mother Nature and Mother Earth. <3
YES! I kept things of strong sentimental value.. but fundamentally, I don't have the yearning to BUY things. I was in the Toy Isle the other day and found that I wasn't urge dot buy a single thing. Well, asides from 2 carving knives, but those are more art supplies then actual toys. Although, they are MY toys.... XD
good luck! ive recently come acrossthe zero waste concept and am trying to understand the difference between it and recycling and incorporate an artistic approach to it in my life. not so easy in todays society but not impossible.
Recycling is simply down grading until it becomes waste- sadly, our recycling systems are not 100% closed, and are not "Cradle to Cradle", but "Cradle to Grave". This means that a recycled plastic bottle might go into another bottle, or another item... and eventually cannot be recycled anymore [either because the new product is a composition of fibers that itself cannot be recycled, or that isn't on the acceptable recycling list
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Well under the decompose definition you have described my idea is not zero waste at all :( The wikipedia article I read seemed to say even biodegradeable plastic is not a zerowaste thing but that creating things for maximum use is. I'd love to know your opinion on the wiki entry if you have one.
The Recycling industry is equally as fraught with politics and money. Sadly, the government grants specific tax-back and breaks only to the materials that are considered "high circulation" or in "high demand". Technically, EVERY item is either make from a plastic, metal, or paper. It's the compositions that vary, and so the processes of removing, separating, purifying and re-composing is different. HERE lies the problem: If a certain type of plastic is not used frequently, then it becomes more energy consuming and less profitable to run through a separation process. It's about money for bottom line product
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My only regret was not being able to bring my birch bark and cedar bark with me from Vancouver. It sheds once a year, and I pick it up and make art from it. It's free, it's environmentally friendly, and it can disintegrate when you don't want it anymore! It's the best thing EVER.
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As for food, our family already capitalized on the Organic free range, as well as recyclable packaging. Here in Canada, our Recycling system works far better than in America; we can send glass, metal, plastic, Styrofoam, and paper. Sadly, because we are urban and not country, we have no means of hunting deer and growing our own food. While places down town have started to cultivate "Local gardens", they are few and far between in comparison to Vancouver. It's not a big thing for us as we do not eat much to begin with, and we have a very cook-from-scratch mentality. :)
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We should love and take care of our dear Mother Nature and Mother Earth. <3
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I kept things of strong sentimental value.. but fundamentally, I don't have the yearning to BUY things. I was in the Toy Isle the other day and found that I wasn't urge dot buy a single thing.
Well, asides from 2 carving knives, but those are more art supplies then actual toys. Although, they are MY toys.... XD
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