Recovery And Reconnection Through Switching Off, Time With Nature

Bobin Creek

Day 59 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living: recovery and reconnecting with people and the natural world by switching off.

Our dominant western culture extols continuous growth and push us to be on the go all the time and living individual lives.

It’s very tempting to go along with it, especially given the social pressures to ‘fit in’ and Continue reading

Walking To Achieve 6 Goals At Once – Days 11 & 12 Of Low Carbon Living

Grey sneaker & light jeans stepping on concrete path

Source: Gill King, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0

Days 11 & 12 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living.

How are those resolutions to get fit and lose weight going?

As the holidays end and the year gains momentum, we tend to find ourselves with more and more demands on our time. It’s easy to slide back into old habits.

So how can we maintain our resolve to improve our health? Continue reading

Could Doing Less = Doing More?

Young woman sitting cross-legged & meditating on grass on headland overlooking Sydney & Pacific Ocean

Image: Niko dimo , Flickr CC-BY-2.0

When we think about becoming more sustainable, we often focus on what we should do.

How often do we think that being more sustainable means that we should:

  • Do things differently at home, at work and at leisure?
  • Get our family and friends to change how they do things Continue reading

Getting back on your bike

One of the things I’ve been getting more into recentlyAdult riding bicycle on bike bath is riding my bike.  You might have gathered that from my post of
4 March 2013.

Yes, of course there are environmental benefits from riding a bike.  These include things like: Continue reading

STOP PRESS: Upgrade Your Brain…Right Now!

Did you know you have about 60,000 thoughts a day?

What you’ve got to wonder is — how many are positive, grateful, wise… and take you ‘one step forward’ toward your goals?

Do you want to sustain – or, better still, improve – the functioning of your brain? Continue reading