Get All That Garbage Out Of Your Life
Start the new year right with healthy trash habits
We evolved without waste, but then came the industrial revolution. Garbage, literally, is all the things we waste that we take from nature, and dispose of, as if nature is disposable.
But, headlines lately tell us all that overconsumption of forests, fossil fuels and more are leading to tremendous suffering all over our over-warming planet. We have refugees fleeing worldwide, and coming together as a people in such crisis is the only solution.
There still good news. Reconnecting to nature helps with the waste stream problem. It also can drastically improve your whole life.
There is a simple way, a gentle,and even enjoyable way, to get a great deal of this garbage out of your life. We have all heard the three R’s: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Composting helps with all three, plus saving money, getting more exercise and adding gratitude to your life.
Take out that smelly trash
Getting stinky trash out of your life will also upgrade your emotional, mental, physical and even spiritual self. It may sound absurd, but it’s true.
Composting does take some getting used to, but it is well worth doing. Why ever have stinky trash around at all? Even cat litter and diapers can be replaced by biodegradable, or reuseable brands.
My childhood was in a rural area, and I now, again live on a farm. We compost all food waste. And like you, to stay healthier, we must all eat more plants, and less sugar and fat.
All composting helps nurture. It gives back life to living organisms to keep the circle of life spinning. Meats and grease are trickier, but my free-range hens take full advantage of the extra protein. Find someone in your neighborhood who can use an extra bit of leftovers. This builds human, animal, and network connections. We all evolved with human connection. We need more of it.
Banish the bane of smelly bins
In my youth I was not thrilled at emptying the food waste into the compost bucket and walking way back into the woods to throw it on the “slop” pile of rich, healthy soil. However, I soon realized after moving to the suburbs…
