- cross-posted to:
- permaculture@lemmy.world
- collapse@sopuli.xyz
- cross-posted to:
- permaculture@lemmy.world
- collapse@sopuli.xyz
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/37311675
Australian woman, lived just down the road from where we used to live until we had massive bushfires and we decamped to Tasmania
Lismore has serious flooding issues, so I presume the house she lives on is up on the hill near the hospital ?
Collapse ? She talks of her climate grief and her understanding of “we’re collapsing”, (at about 11:40 and again at 14:00) not sure she’s at Tom Murphies level but none the less I find her inspirational and thought others might be interested.
Yes yes we’re well aware underpinning it all is someone else paying the bills in exchange for her labour, but I still find her inspirational for lowering her impact significantly and thoughfully.
If mods think its not for here, they can delete it …
I feel like now making a conscious effort to purchase goods with a shorter supply chain.
how though, for 99% of people it would be a pretty major impact to do so in a meaningful way
10 companies own like 90% of anything the passes your mouth in the US
I’ll try self discipline and goal oriented decision making. I’ll start off small by checking out some farm stands.
the seeds are owned by those companies
most American farming cannot exist without adding nitrogen
if you are serious about changing your food to reduce impact, lower or cut meat consumption entirely
That has nothing to do with who or where I choose to buy stuff from. I just gave my opinion on what I took away from watching a minute of the video. I explained how I’m going to do it.
Try breaking down the issue into smaller problems and keep doing that until you find something you can control yourself. One person buying fruit from a neighbor isn’t going to change the world overnight, but it’s just something I can do to steer my future the way I want. I’m not solving the issue about nitrogen supplies or intellectual property rights of corporations. I’m just cutting out a bunch of overhead costs added to the price of what I buy. Maybe someone else shares the same perspective and gets motivated to do something themselves. Hopefully it’s you, friend.
the whole point i’m trying to make is these things sound good but don’t actually do anything
these companies are not so stupid to just make it easy to cut them out
it usually cost more to do so and quality may sometimes be better but supply and quality will be inconsistent