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Transitioning to sustainability


By Tamara - Posted on 28 February 2009

As we are moving towards turning our dream into reality, and are actively looking for the land, it is time to re-evaluate our lifestyle. As a reader of the book series, you may think that the lifestyle described in the Kin's Domain settlements is just a bit too outside your current lifestyle, or that transitioning would be too hard, especially if you have children or a spouse who do not -yet-espouse your views. The answer is to make gradual changes. Start looking at the different areas of your life, where change can be implemented seamlessly:
HOME
- gradually replace all your chemical cleaning products with natural ones
- reduce and eliminate TV and video games
- exercise more, go spend more time outdoors. For some people this may be a very natural thing to do, but for me, I was raised in Paris, and spent all mi
In the Kitchen:
- transition to a fresh produce lifestyle, gradually fazing out all packaged products, and replacing cooked food with life, fresh preparations
- get sprouters to have wheatgrass and young sprouts. Apart from boosting your vitality and immune system, sprouts are a great return on investement, yielding an abundant crop for pennies. Go to www.eatsprouts.com for a kit to install for the best automatic sprouter

- plant a vegetable garden and fruit trees instead of a lawn

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