Retired teacher and bookseller. Born 1952. She/her. Living solo if you don’t count 3 cats and 2 hens.
Interests: climate survival, climate politics, my electric car, pandemic response, cats, Australian politics, human rights, turning Australia into a republic, the Uluru Statement from the Heart, early offshore whaling in Australia and New Zealand, genealogy, colonial history, dressmaking and design, recycling and repurposing, Buy Nothing Group, gardening, chooks (chickens)… etc
@cdamian @ajsadauskas @green Did you miss the 3000 km part? Then there’s the strawberries that come from 3000 km in another direction.
Also, when I’m standing in the supermarket looking at the range of a dozen different milk brands, how do I know which one is sustainable? If they claim to be sustainable, how do I know it’s not just green washing?
I’m sorry but the nay-sayers commenting here have not convinced me. I think you just want me to be wrong.
@urlyman @ajsadauskas @green Absolutely. I put it this way: we probably have enough in the way of consumer goods to last us the next 10 years. So let’s stop buying new stuff - clothes, furnishings, tech gadgetry, hobby supplies, sports gear etc - for 10 years, while we wait for new technologies to get established and new infrastructure to be built. (Is 10 years enough to develop cargo-carrying airships?)
To manage the lack of employment, put the whole population on Universal Basic Income and limit working hours to 20 per week (with some obvious exceptions).
To enable repair of goods, outlaw practices like voiding warranties if repairs are made by someone other than the manufacturer. Provide incentives for people to set up small local repair businesses.
@ajsadauskas @green I buy foods that have been produced as close as possible to my home. It’s insane to buy milk from Queensland (3000 km away) when we have dairies here in Sth Australia.
Buying local often means buying what’s in season locally and doing without for the rest of the year. This is also the cheapest way to buy fresh food.
While you’re right that governments have the most power to make change, individuals can signal our willingness to make change without waiting for government.
@ScienceDesk@flipboard.social @CBSNews This is identical to the start of a disaster movie I saw where an escaping monkey spread plague in America. Authorities decided the best and only solution was to nuke the whole town. I hope this won’t happen on this occasion.