As many of you will know Steve Malkin (MD of Planet Positive) is trying to live the life! He and Ros have bought a small holding down in Kent along with a some pigs, sheep, chickens. They are growing their own veg and generally trying to live the life.
But it is not easy and there are many hard decisions along the way
Should they take the pig to slaughter, should they be even eating meat?
Should Steve sell his 15 year old (2nd hand) Jag or just keep on recycling it
Should the kids cycle to school along narrow dangerous roads or must Ros for the sake of their safety continue to drop them
How do they source and install a small diameter turbine and is this the right thing to do
It is not easy living a Planet Positive life, it means changing our habits and changing some of the things that we take for granted. And in this change we will be faced with many dilemmas and even ethical challenges.
Not everyone will be able to create a small farm like Steve and Ros but you will be faced with similar challenges- let’s here about them.
And so to get the ball rolling I have asked Steve and Ros make a guest appearance in my Blog over the weekend, to share some of their challenges and successes. Enjoy!
Tags: Planet Positive Living, Steve and Ros
Personally I have no desire to create a small holding in the way Steve and Ross have in the deep countryside. Give me a city any day….I can get a bus, use the train, shop locally daily and walk to and from work. I do envy the fact that they can grow their own veg, but I do the next best thing and eat veg my friends grow in their garden. I used to live in the Australian outback where the nearest town was 20 mins drive away on a straight road with only my car on it…walking was hardly an option in 40 degrees and there were no buses…. so I use less resources here. I love my city life and I do recycle everything I can, have very basic heating that means I’ve been wearing lots of jumpers at home in this cold spell and I eat meat once or twice a week at most. I run my car only when I really have too and my favourite pastime is going sailing which uses wind power to its max. I read a very interesting article in the Sunday Times today which stated that performing two google searches from a desktop can generate about the same carbon as boiling a cup of tea….so I better go and shut my laptop down…I’d much rather the tea than google anyday…..;-)
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