Are there things you try to practice daily to live a more sustainable lifestyle?
One of my favorite movies was a little documentary called ‘The Biggest Little Farm’ It’s about a couple who decided to bring a few acres of land back to life and create a harmonious ecosystem in the form of a sustainable farm. It spaned seven years of beautifully filmed footage, as little by little everything came into balance. Wild life came back, bees, worms, insects and birds, even owls, to keep the small rodent populations in check. The soil made a dramatic transformation which carried a most hopeful message. No matter how far we go to thwart nature, it can recover, it wants to recover. If we work with it, follow its rules, balance, diversity and harmony can come back and thrive.
The films depiction of the gradual progress, with plenty of set backs and discouraging moments, made you see that things take time, that some things aren’t as they seem, and sometimes good surprises come on the heels of bad ones.
I’ve always felt strongly that nature knows better than man. All through history there are man vs nature moments where we think we’ve out smarted her.
But we never have.
Remember Chernobyl? Last we heard there was a nuclear disaster there and everything was leveled. Today, it’s a thriving patch of wild life because all the people left and wanted nothing more to do with it. Time and nature. Give nature enough time…
I do my best to support sustainable farms. I feel the most hopeful when I see this becoming a mainstream practice. I happily search for and pay for better quality food because I like to believe that the more mainstream and typical it becomes, the more widespread and assessable for everyone it will be. As we allow the planet to be more healthy, we might all have the chance to be also. That is my hope. Health. Mind, body, and soul health. Time and patience with healthy practices might lead to balance and harmonious living. You never know, but it’s worth a try.
Peace Kit 