It occurs to me that I can't really achieve an aim of going greener, or living more authentically, without first trying to gauge how green and/or authentic we already are.
Accordingly we challenge ourselves to a month without supermarket shopping, to get a feel for how dependent we are, and also to give ourselves the incentive to find local, greener and possibly more frugal ways of fulfilling our needs.
While we don't exactly fall at the first hurdle: we have a local butchers, grow some fruit and veg in tubs in the garden and have a local shop/off license; (although oops we buy French wine - will have to work out how to offset those food miles later) it does throw up some areas that need more serious research, not least of which are cat food, toiletries and petrol.
While I'm sure that most people would laugh at the idea of green petrol, as someone with a disability which completely precludes cycling at present, and often means public transport isn't an option, the question of how best to remain mobile and still minimise my impact on the planet is not as simple as it might seem at first.
Obviously more research is needed, and if anyone out there has any pointers, I'd be most grateful.
SarahandJoe
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