If I could do it, you can too. The reason I say this with such conviction is because, I SEE Myself in YOU… Right there, sitting and wondering if any of this is even possible living in a city…
Because I WAS YOU just a few years ago.
I am someone who grew up in a city without a clue about growing food. I lived a completely consumerist life too before the awareness hit me and I decided to take small baby steps towards finding ways and means to break that cycle.
I understand how all this might look a bit overwhelming…
But here’s the thing; Do what you can, when you can and from wherever you can. Every little effort counts. Don’t ever think a small change in your lifestyle doesn’t make an impact; IT DOES. I really want you to believe that.
In the words of Anne-Marie Bonneau, “ We don’t need a handful of people doing zero-waste perfectly, we need millions of people doing it imperfectly.”
If you think you need a strong motivation to start this journey, here it is! Your Health! A better place to live! What better motivation do we need? And please don’t even get me started on how we are doing this for our planet. No. Because, how pretentious is that! Earth doesn’t need us to take care of it…We Need Earth. For our survival. Paraphrasing Vandana Shiva’s words, “Earth doesn’t need us; it lived in hotter times and colder times; it lived with dinosaurs and without dinosaurs and it can very well live without humans too.” It’s we who we need her and not the other way around.
So, let’s not kid ourselves, that by adopting eco-conscious living we are doing a favour for Earth. No. It is not a great selfless act we are doing. In fact we need to do with a selfish motive. To save ourselves, our children and the generations to come.
Wherever we are currently in our journey, all we need to do is just start. That’s all. Start somewhere, however small the beginnings.
