I guess it is the simple things that make life sustainable. Food, shelter and health are all important. I like to add in things like living within your means, not on credit or gambling on the future. It doesn’t matter if it is the Bible or Hamlet, it was good advice, never forget stay out of debt.

I don’t really think that is what is being asked, so I’ll try again.

Recycling

I recycle golf balls, and such. More golf balls than that the other stuff. Whenever I find myself wondering through the weeds looking for the one that got away, I usually find other lost balls. I’m a snob and only play Pro V1’s and give the others away.

I also recycle books at the local used bookstores. I hate the idea of wasting them and I don’t have the space to keep them all. I try to recycle knowledge. I’ve taught a few people how to cook, fix cars or landscaping. I’m proudest of the ones who surpass me, especially leaders and fighters. They keep the rest of us safe.

Recycle, reuse, renew.

Even when I write, I recycle, reuse and renew. Every word ever written is recycled and used until they wear out. Nothing is really new.

We worship scientists, even when they aren’t really physicians or scientists. When they try to twist reality and corrupt language to mean different things. Renewed meaning. If we keep it up, no one will ever know what we mean. Maybe we need a different name for it, like True Speak?

As for the other stuff, driving electric cars is hideously damaging to the ecology and unsustainable. Our power grid can’t support it, and no one wants to build nuclear reactors to expand power production because they are afraid. Look into pebble bed reactors and remember that the Fukushima quake was a 9.0 on the Richter scale. It was so powerful it changed the axial tilt of the earth. The disaster was contained, and Godzilla hasn’t come out of the oceans yet, despite the dread predictions of scientists.

The circle of life.

We are insignificant. We can’t destroy our biosphere any more than we could stop the earth’s rotation by pushing against it. The worst we could do is make it hard for humans to survive for a little while. Evidence suggests that it took the Yucatan strike and massive volcanic eruptions to kill off the dinosaurs and the earth shook it off. Why do we think we are anymore significant.

If you really think you can make an impact, try growing your own food and hunting or fishing. It might keep you out of trouble. Even a small garden is hard work.

Daily writing prompt

Are there things you try to practice daily to live a more sustainable lifestyle?

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