The circular economy of rural life is alive and well here and I am loving it!
I look around my still disorganized kitchen counter whilst making an artistic rendition of a shopping list. Since moving to a place without trash collection I have been on a mission to reduce our trash as much as I can. This is not only good for the environment but it also means that I don’t have to take the trash into the back of the car so often.
Cooking oil
My cooking oil and salad oil are now one and the same as I have been buying my friend Jenny’s organic olive oil. It is delicious, I can hug the trees it came from and the lovely people who collected the olives and I know which oil mill they have used to press them. I am also using very beautiful corked glass bottles for the oil. Zero waste has never tasted to delicious ❤
In return for helping willingly today I got a liter of olive oil, a hot shower and a plate of hot home made and home grown soup. I couldn’t be more privileged or more grateful.
Vegetables
The vegetables at the local organic shop also come without packaging and there I met a friend and fellow permaculture teacher Ras Craswell and he gave me one of his lovely hand made, bees wax candles made lovingly from his own bees. A zero waste…
