Slow down
Once upon a time, people grew their veggies in a backyard garden. There was only one car to a household, typically the dad held the single paying job for the family. these days we eat fast food, and there are about 5 registered vehicles in the USA per licensed driver. Life is now ZOOM ZOOM, fast, that much closer to the push button society.
today's food is processed, engineered, packaged, and so called, convenient. Our daily lives have come to this too. long gone are the backyard gardens, and long gone is the simplicity of living. Now we zoom from destination to destination, often zooming by so fast that the only experience we get from our environment is what we see thru the windshield. we rush around all day, at our jobs, on schedule to take our breaks, and rush home.
we as humans, which are self propelled, are getting further and further away from our natural state of living. we depend on our cars too much, we eat too much fast food. our lives are too fast. I think we have become slave to our cars/economy/time. Who has the time to grow tomatoes or ride a bike? Free food from the garden, and free transport, by walking, riding your bike, or whatever. Walk to the local grocery store. slow down.
a few times a week, as I'm riding home from work, I stop at the grocery store to pick up a few things. Bike life pretty much simplifies things down to what you care to stuff in your bags. What you buy is what you have to haul home. Every so often I stuff the panniers with groceries, but really its come down to only using the messenger bag. I don't care to purchase so much stuff at one time. I'd rather make the small trips, and have fresh food, as compared to the once weekly grocery run and buying things that last a month. I thought food was perishable. I tell my friends to be mindful of what we consume.
Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people's dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world.
Today, we have over 80,000 members all over the world.
Find out more about us <http://www.slowfood.com/about_us/eng/philosophy.lasso> and what we do <http://www.slowfood.com/about_us/eng/taste_education.lasso> .
Slow mobility is a car free concept founded in 2007 to counteract fast cars and a fast lifestyle, the disappearance of eco-mobility traditions and people's dwindling ability to get around on their own without an automobile. Asanacylces educates members on alternative transportation, car free lifestyles, the benefits of walking and biking and how simple choices can affect your footprint on the rest of the world.
(thank you Joy for the inspiration and guidance)
peace...d