Brattlevores

I really like talking to other people in my community because I think that it helps me better understand my own affects and what is going on around me. When I get to help out other people, even if it's just baking bread or making hats for homeless people, it feels like I'm giving back a little with all of the luck I have been given.

I have had an interesting week in regards to sustainability. I have been thinking a lot about how sustainability evolves in a society. And how we can nourish that evolution in our own society.

I love working with people I wouldn't normally see or talk to, and working in my community is very fulfilling for me. I worked on tiny house building in Putney with a small company and lit candles at a wilderness center in Brattleboro.

This inspired me to become a farmer, and I very much want to learn more about local, sustainable farming in my area. I had no idea there was so much math and business involved, which I think more people should come to understand. We have lost touch with how to make the things that keep us healthy and strong, and even seeing a bit of the process...

Some of these questions got me thinking about where exactly my trash goes, so I have decided that I want to visit a dump. It's important for me to understand where the things I throw away go, because too often I forget I am using a linear system on a finite planet.

I think the most difficult thing for me to give up would be fresh berries and avocados.  I freeze berries for winter consumption, but I miss having that fresh fruit.  I also love avocados and know that I would never eat one again if I had to only eat locally in Vermont.