Things sure are a hot fucking mess right now.
Everything feels so big – but I try to calm my mind and focus on what I can control
To ground myself, I am looking at these books:
Books are my vice. I could build a fort out of them. Want to support an independent bookstore but not somewhere you can get to them? Try http://www.bookshop.org – they now have ebooks, too.
Visit your local library! Or buy used! I use Thriftbooks quite a bit. When I am truly finished with a book I try to pass it on, donate it to a direct cause, use the No Buy Group in my town, or Thriftbooks has a buy back program now if you want to put it back in circulation.
Recycle your clothes, shoes, backpacks, bags, etc with Trashie. Trashie now recycles technology, too!
https://www.trashie.io/
Terracycle recycles and repurposes things that generally you cannot recycle locally. They also now have a useful home goods shop with things like storage containers and plant pots that are made from the recycled materials that people send it. AND if the item gets broken or the life of the item is over for you, you can send it back to be recycled again
https://www.terracycle.com/en-US/
Crown Poly has products made from plant based materials, are compostable, or made from reclaimed ocean plastic.
https://www.crownpoly.com/project/hipposak/
There are options for picnic ware made from cornstarch or are biodegradable.
I read news from Alaina Woods, a climate scientist here:
https://goodclimatenews.substack.com
I’m looking forward to replacing what little grass is around my house and the sparse moss with this fine fescue and clover pollinator low-mow blend. The roots will help the soil as well. This is our test patch from last summer:
From Earthwise seed – https://earthwiseseed.com/
There’s thankfully still a lot of want to be harmonious with the environment in the state where I live – so we’re looking at grants from the Soil and Water administration, the Arbor foundation, and the community garden to try and clean up and restore. Hopefully starting the orchard as well. We only have 5 acres, and most of it is woods, backed up against 80 acres of open forest. But we will love it the best we can.
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