Helen Tandy, Founding Director
According to the UN by 2050, the world’s population may reach a whopping 10 billion and with more people comes more demand for – food, fashion, travel, housing and related aspirations.
But how can the planet manage with that demand and not cause even resource deficiency, damage biodiversity even more.
As the new consumer uses social media to inform them of buying decisions, the need to consume more electronics, fashion and just general stuff reaches unmanageable levels. Shopping no longer takes any energy, no need to leave the sofa and is available 24/7 delivered to your doorstep. People feel they can’t be seen wearing the same item twice online and so the demand for fashion passes well beyond seasons.
Sustainable living means understanding how our lifestyle choices impact the world around us and finding ways for everyone to live better and lighter.
These are some of the themes covered at our next event on the 23rd our Sustainable Cheshire Festival.
The UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) has come up with a great way of thinking and explaining this to people using your hands. They have called this the Anatomy of Action.
Such a simple and easy way to make and think about change.
Food
In our first Sustainable Survey by far the greatest scorer are those of us that are consciously eating less meat and fish and relying on more plants in out diet at 48%. Then 27% of us are vegan/vegetarian. Sadly the credit crisis/ inflation which has impacted on many local businesses and increased cost of food has resulted in many of us buying less organic and moving back to supermarkets are local indepenants close. If you haven’t yet completed our survey please please do – LINK
I am going to be looking at the Anatomy of Action:
- Food
- Stuff
- Move
- Money
- Stuff
over the next few weeks follow me on social media – Instagram @plasticfreenotherner and these will be shared onto Sustainable Cheshire on Facebook. Check them out, like and share…
Then of course come along to the Sustainable Cheshire Festival on the 23rd September, Grosvenor Park, Chester.
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