we belong to each other

Inspired by These Days in the French Life, 40 steps on the per­sonal path to green, and 10 things we decided to cel­e­brate the rebirth of w.b.t.e.o. with some­thing we can all sink our teeth into. That’s right, folks, we’re givin’ you the facts. Ten of ‘em. It’s your job to think about the greater impli­ca­tions. Here’s a few to whet your whistle.

Fact: We live sand­wiched between Bev­erly Hills and the La Brea Tar pits.

Fact: We don’t own a car.

Fact: We walked through a crowd of peo­ple laugh­ing at us as when we were car­ry­ing a pack­age of toi­let paper home from CVS.

Ready for some more? Good. Here’s a list of ten things that we are doing and ten things that we would like to start doing (as the good lord tar­ries). Check it.

We do:

1. Eat locally and sea­son­ally
   
2. Buy thought­fully
3. Use our legs
   
4. Carry our load
5. Make things
   
6. Hang dry
   
7. Not waste
8. Buy in bulk
9. Eat in
10. Cut hair
    

We would like to:

1. For­age
2. Grow food
3. Make tooth­paste
4. Get our sewing machine fixed
5. Assem­ble self water­ing containers
6. Save and exchange seeds
7. Com­post for reals
8. Uti­lize pub­lic spaces
9. Become experts
10. Use net­work­ing resources to exchange and barter goods and services

They say that when an activ­ity is fun, good for the envi­ron­ment, and also affects per­sonal health or well being it’s much eas­ier to main­tain. We agree.

We do what we like. We do what we care about. It works. You in?