Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Welcome

Say hello to the 21st Century. A time for change and a time to put into practice all those things you learned about at school but dismissed due to the conveniences of the commercial western lifestyle.

Over the last 5 years I have learnt a lot about living as ecologically as possible and freeing myself from the burdens of the banking system and other evils designed to keep the cogs of our so called modern lifestyle ticking over.


So what happened to the idealistic childhood ideas of futuristic living in harmony with our planet that 1970s Sci-Fi encouraged?

In my case - its been corrupted, coerced and dulled by commerce and the propaganda of modern life that fuels it essentially dumbed me down over the years, yet thankfully that spark of rebellion remained.

For many years before that I mused about many eco-issues, yet saw no reason to implement them, being driven more by a lack of money than any other factor, some of this certainly helped - Living and working in the same town and walking / cycling to work each day certainly helped me for half a decade in the 1990s.

Thankfully the new century and the slow realization of factors going on around me have led me to realize the reality of our situation and reliance on industries and commercial factors which are largely damaging to our health, finances and the environment. How did I spot this? I suppose it was a Eureka moment where I sat pondering over buying a house in an expensive area, when I spotted a home that was ridiculously cheap in a seaside town. At the time I was working remotely - I started to realize that I could live there, and occasionally travel to London for those pointless face to face management meetings, which could so easily be done via Skype. That Eureka moment would change my life forever - moving away to buy the cheapest "wreck" in the nicest location I could buy to live mortgage free.

I can't say that my reasoning is totally ecological. Much of my motivation is financially related - The big recession of 2008 certainly changed a lot of things, and over the last few years of slow recovery (if it ever happens) galvanized my approach - I would invest as much as I could for later life to reduce bills and help reduce my own effects on this planet.

I'll be honest about things. Some eco-tech costs money to implement, other things are cheap, requiring only time to implement.

And, I hear you all say that is the problem "I don't have time". This of course is the enemy of modern life, and its panacea is convenience through technology and products.

Step away for a moment and think about if that modern life is really doing you a favour? Is your pension going to feed and keep you warm in your later life? Is your weight increasing and your health declining through using your car too much? If the answer to all this is a resounding or even doubtful no, then your money and physical efforts could be better spent investing in your future through various ecological living methods.

This blog is about those decisions - and future ones I'm pondering, the highs, the lows.

The good, the bad & the ugly of eco living.

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