“We need to be the change we want to see in the world” – Mahatma Gandhi
Ordinary Joes are overwhelmed by the issues about the environment and coupled with greenhouse effect, CFCs, climate change, and carbon tax, it has become harder to communicate the importance of taking care of the environment. We are trained into thinking that being green is a crusade or a form of protest but really it is just discovering or re-discovering a new way of living that is in tune with Mother Nature.
If we have a hard look at the big picture, we will realise that the core is actually us – you and me!
So, I want to share with you this inspiring video from TED:
I think we just need a little bit of encouragement and confirmation that we, too, can make our own difference to our world.
Photo via Flickr Creative Commons: Child Trying to Free a Butterfly by Aafromaa
Final Friday Favourites for July and my last as GM of SIFT. For all future enquiries for SIFT please email
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So here are the cool links that we have found in the past week:
Yesterday at the SIFT July Board Meeting the Trustees voted in a new trustee. We welcomed Dairne Poole to the team which now brings the trustee numbers up to 5. Hopefully, in the near future we will do a little post on her and her thoughts for SIFT but for the moment we welcome her as a great new addition to help SIFT achieve its objectives.
Here are a few cool links we have found this week:
Slow Living Essentials looks into Sow.Give.Grow- leaving packets of seeds around the neighbourhood/city for people to take – great idea for expanding and growing the use of own-grown food. More here.
Eating Design from Marije Vogelzang as part of Go Slow Cafe - love the representation of food miles on the board. Source: BlackEiffel
Another tiring week of earthquakes but lots of great stuff happening locally and around the world around sustainability to keep the spirits up. Here are a few goodies we found this week:
And do you have your issue of the lastest Good Magazine. We love it! Brimming full of inspiring and informative editorial. Simple choices for a better life indeed.
Have a great waste free weekend and hopefully an less shakey one for Cantabs.
No blogging this week due to some extra aftershocks on Monday that has thrown everyone’s week. The SIFT is okay but there is a new lot of liquefaction being cleaned up.
We did come across this great little video today about a new packaging free store to open in the US. It would be great to have more of these in Canterbury. Click on the image below to go to the video. Sourced originally from Re-Nest.
