Sustainability

I think the gardening has officially gone to my brain. One thing that I’ve been thinking about lately is sustainability…. in my life overall and the impact I have in my daily life in terms of trash, etc. I grew up on an acreage and we raised our own food when I was growing up. We had a good acre’s worth of gardens and raised our own chickens, ducks and turkeys. We also raised pigs for a while. I grew up in a house where not a lot was wasted and Christmas sometimes came from the thrift store. I’ve changed some habits – I’ve begun recycling stuff; I have a plate, bowl, cup and flatware in my desk at the office so 1) I’m not always eating out of plastic bowls, and 2) I’m not putting more plastic into the garbage bin and throwing away a bunch of paper plates or styrofoam cups. The magazine I picked up last night, Experience Life, is put out by Lifetime Fitness and I really like the approach. They look at fitness, but the editors definitely realize that if you don’t integrate it into your life, fitness is not going to be sustainable. They take a whole body and soul approach. I also like the fact that the editors actually talk to the people who did the studies instead of just quoting them and I like that they treat me, the reader, as if I have a brain. And the magazine walks the walk and talks the talk – they give you the option of either a traditional paper magazine subscription ($19.95) or subscribing to the digital edition for $12. I’m pretty impressed, even though I haven’t finished reading yet.