I have been so inspired by all the one small change projects that I have seen popping up on various blogs. Recognizing the power in little acts and always enjoying good company, I decided to jump on board. Hip Mountain Mama started this project to encourage folks to pick one small thing each month to change in their lives to make a "positive green impact and follow through with it" for the next four months.
So what to change?
We do a fairly good job of living in a sustainable way, but we are always striving to do more and enthusiastically embrace new ways to become more so. It's my nature to stretch the boundaries of any assignment...so stretch your definition of environment when you consider my one small change.
My small change for January will be making and consuming fermented foods. Now at first thought, you might not consider this eligible. How is making fermented food better for the environment?
We do a fairly good job of living in a sustainable way, but we are always striving to do more and enthusiastically embrace new ways to become more so. It's my nature to stretch the boundaries of any assignment...so stretch your definition of environment when you consider my one small change.
My small change for January will be making and consuming fermented foods. Now at first thought, you might not consider this eligible. How is making fermented food better for the environment?
When we begin to take care of our internal environment and consider the interconnections among what we consume and our personal health and well being, even on emotional and spiritual levels, we inevitably begin to see the interconnections in the external environment in which we live. We support an internal environment within our bodies. My desire is to nurture organisms within my body (and in the bodies of my husband and son) that will coexist peacefully and healthfully.
"Your environment becomes you, as you invite microbial populations you share the Earth with to enter your diet and your intestinal ecology." -Sandor Katz
"Your environment becomes you, as you invite microbial populations you share the Earth with to enter your diet and your intestinal ecology." -Sandor Katz
Additionally, taking the time to mindfully prepare food always connects me more to the food. I cannot grate a carrot without thinking about where it was grown (even if I am not sure where it was grown). Fortunately, a large portion of our food comes from people we know or that we have grown ourselves. Those connections are significant and help us not only appreciate the food but the environment from which it comes and of course the people who grew it.
To be completely on the record, I consume fermented foods from time to time already. The change will be to begin making them for my family so that they are always available and to make them a regular part of our lives and our meals. By making them, it will also cut down on packaging and expense.
I've had intentions for this small change for this for a long time. In fact, I have a little friend in this bag that has been waiting patiently to become part of my life... I'll introduce you to them in the near future as well as offer a super easy cultured veggie tutorial this week because even a small change takes commitment and accountability on some level.
blessings~
To be completely on the record, I consume fermented foods from time to time already. The change will be to begin making them for my family so that they are always available and to make them a regular part of our lives and our meals. By making them, it will also cut down on packaging and expense.
I've had intentions for this small change for this for a long time. In fact, I have a little friend in this bag that has been waiting patiently to become part of my life... I'll introduce you to them in the near future as well as offer a super easy cultured veggie tutorial this week because even a small change takes commitment and accountability on some level.
blessings~
