What can I do to be more sustainable? - back to basics

4 Rs

• Refuse     to buy stuff you don't need, refuse plastic bags and junk mail
• Reduce    buying stuff that you don't need like clothing and shoes
• Reuse      things like glass jars and  clothing
• Recycle    paper bottles, cans and  food scraps etc

Grow some of your own food

• herbs
• vegies in pots like tomatoes (not now of course Oct -Nov the right time)
• fruit in pots like strawberries and blueberries
• Or use garden beds to grow an enormous range of delicious health cheap food

Keep chickens

Coco and Harriet- great workers and providers of objects below

Buy local food

• less fossil fuels used to transport
• keep $ in the local economy
• support farmers at farmers markets
• means you are buying seasonal food right now that means root crops potatoes, pumpkins, swedes, parsnips, citrus etc

Dress for the weather

• keeps heating bills down
• if you wear wool you support non fossil fuel industry
• support op shops

Use energy wisely

Walk where ever you can

Car pool