If you were a company who released a “Social Responsibility” report today (Earth Day), what would it say? For me, or us – as a family – I’ve gotten stuck on the idea of “decreasing” my footprint for so long, that I’ve lost sight of what matters: offsetting it. That is, just like when you remove nutrient-deficient and inflammatory foods from your diet it’s just as important (if not more so) to add nutrient-dense and anti-inflammatory “super foods”, we can do the same with our lives. Of course the ideas like continuing to reduce waste, carpool or bike more, and shop local and small all stand to be truly important and powerful. But what I mean here is, knowing that we like to travel, get tons of packages in the mail, and just can’t seem to quit BPA-free sandwich baggies – what can I do to give back to the earth for the negative impact we are making. Here are the 3 simple steps we are focusing on in 2019 to offset our family’s footprint. 1: Cultivating life on your own land. Nearly every person, no matter how small your porch or balcony or how large your homestead acreage, is […]
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