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Theslowlane
One example of a "low carbon footprint"
lifestyle
This web site is
my garden of thoughts and photos. It's fairly large and I spend
time puttering in it. Lots of people spend time in their
gardens. Mine just happens to be on-line.
Thanks
to "technology," a web site doesn't take much physical space. That's
good since I don't have a house, or yard.
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I
live in a room
with bathroom to the side. Not much space, but it works
and the rent is reasonable.
I'm in "the slow lane" meaning a life with
time for
contemplation. Avoiding the rat race, but it's still an
active life with lots of bicycling and dancing.
My lifestyle is "car free." I've never driven, but
traveling on my bicycle has taken me to many parts of USA.
Car
free living is practical in the heart of town. I'm
within walking distance of work and errands.
This web site
is not about rural living even though I bike out to the country a
lot. It's about "low environmental
footprint" urban living.
My lifestyle could be called "bohemian urban." It's bohemian,
like
the
"free love hippies" of 1960s, but without
the drugs and
alcohol. Healthy bohemian.
I have no family or
kids. Haven't added to world population growth. Hopefully
that's the gift I can offer future generations; a less crowded
and depleted world.
Some people think it would be lonely being single, but living in the heart of
town, there are lots of friends around. The larger community is
my "family."
Walking
and biking creates opportunity for serendipitous conversation
with folks one runs into around town.
I also enjoy discussion
groups and dancing, not to mention a lot of on-line interaction.
Technology can be a friend of the environment. With very little
energy or requirement of space, the Internet
connects one to an entire
world.
This site is not about "turning back the clock" to old ways and
technologies. It's the slow lane, but I believe society can
still move forward. Civilization can progress to a world that's
friendlier and less
consumptive than our present world. Technology is one
of the tools.
Innovation can be in lifestyles as well as in technology. We'll
need innovation to get us out of this global
warming jam.
Hopefully a more sustainable world is possible and it can even be
enjoyable.
Feel free to contact me, I enjoy the dialog.
My world view more in depth via blog
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