Eco Living Weekly Digest #1
The @ecotrain has added another carriage!!
This week (after @eco-alex became the lead story on steem news about our new eco-village project in Portugal) we were DELUGED with @ecotrain content. So much so that @eco-alex and I have taken the decision to put out TWO @ecotrain curations every week: The Eco Village News on Fridays (or as close to as we can manage) and the new Eco Living Weekly on Sundays.
What kind of content will get you curated here? Practical, thoughtful, creative and personal posts about literally Making the World a Better Place. From recycling, art, natural health and organic-permaculture to eco-travel, creating change, spirituality, art-poetry-music, natural food preparation and growing-storing-preserving your food and natural medicine. Please attribute quoted material and images which aren't your own, and be thoughtful. You need to use the #ecotrain tag to be considered for an upvote. And please make at least part of your post in the English language - we MANUALLY curate so we need to be able to understand the gist of your post.
We DON'T require you to delegate to @ecotrain, but we'd ask you to please consider it. You can take it back at any time, no questions or stress. Delegation is nothing more than a LOAN of your SP so we can give YOU juicier upvotes. It's a no brainer, really. We also don't REQUIRE you to upvote or support others (all too school-marmy for us!) but, again, we'd ask you to simply give to others what you' like to receive, which is a generous upvote and a thoughtful comment.
MUCH APPRECIATION for the wonderful posts this week - we ARE a little challenged at getting to you all without depleting our VP too much, so please be patient - we're getting to everyone and we're thrilled at your interest..
Please: read, upvote, comment, resteem the posts we've selected for you. And start writing YOUR next @ecotrain post.
@senorcoconut
Another Great Street Find: I Love Other People's Trash
Repurposing and saving other people's trash from landfill is a REALLY important part of eco living. @senorcoconut SCORED a really cool massage table!
@sallybeth23
Natural Healing With Helichrysum Italicum; It's Amazing
The journey from appreciating an expensive essential oil, to FINDING IT GROWING around you and making your own, simple, natural remedies. @sallybeth23 shares her delight, her process and some of the simple ways this helpful medicinal plant can contribute to healthier eco-living. I can feel Big Pharma losing their grip!
@nateonsteemit
Quick Permaculture Ritual Project
Medicinal smoking takes on a different twist as @nateonsteemit collects and dries wildgrown mushrooms for lucid dreaming, and then handcrafts a corncob pipe to smoke it in!! Sustainable smoking has been a part of indigenous cultures for millennia, and we love to see it holding a place in modern eco-living.
@imransoudagar
Use Clay Glass For Tea Instead Of Plastic
Simple, daily choices are at the heart of eco-living. We love less-no plastic, but @imransoudagar takes it to another level and shows us the LOVELY feeling of a clay cup. Literally you hold the earth in your hands while you nourish yourself.
@steemmatt
Actions Speak Louder: 11 Recent Free Curb Finds Recycled, Saved & Recently Sold for USD $868
he can't stay away for long! Our @steemmatt is back, inspiring us with kerbside finds which have been cleaned, repaired and SOLD. Not only is he keeping this stuff out of landfill, he saving folks money while he creates an awesome income for himself!
@wildhomesteading
Wild Tip: Look For New Traits In Your Vegetables
Natural selection is NOT a static, textbook 'thing' and could be happening in YOUR garden. @wildhomesteading urges us to look out for new traits in the plants we nurture, and proudly shows off his almost-perennial kale.
@artemislives
There are countries which don't sign up to glyphosate and monsanto and actually CARE about the health of their people? @artemislives shares with us the exciting news that the Thai government has banned (from December 1st, and in the face of death threats and legal intimidation) the three toxic, cancer causing agro-chemicals, glyphosate, paraquat and chlorpyrifos. We are encouraged!
@papa-pepper
Not sure what's more gorgeous here - the abundant natural, organic & home-grown GOJI Berries or Pinkie & Belle Pepper. @papa-pepper has so much to be proud of and he so gently makes the point that nourishing your kids with home-grown goodness is about the best feeling there is!
@vlemon
McDonalds & Starbucks Pour Millions Into Eco-Friendly Cup Hunt
Whatever your personal opinions or boycott status of these two big corporate fast food chains, the move towards more sustainable take-out vessels needs to be applauded wherever and whenever it happens. @vlemon updates us with the newest and latest and enables even the most unaware, urban, fast food consumer to make at least one slightly better choice. It all starts there.
@ownbubble
Could (or would) you face a deep fear of public speaking to get the message out about endangered species and biodiversity? @ownbubble did just that and shares with us the importance of finding your voice (even when your knees shake!) to speak up for those Beings who have no audible voice.
Ecotrain Question of the Week
Exploring the underpinnings of eco-living and eco-community is often done through our QOTW. This week it's a biggie:
Who Do You Trust & How Do You Trust?
Please consider contributing a response before 31st October! No rules other than 2 simple housekeeping requests: (1)please use the #ecotrain tag so we can find your post for curation and (2) please post the link to you response in the comments of the challenge post.
We hope you have enjoyed these eco-village & eco-community related posts - please LAVISH them with upvotes, reblogs, comments and engagement.
If you're able to delegate, or increase your delegation, to @ecotrain, it's a simple and practical way you can help to engage with, and fund, steem eco-villages around the world.
Most importantly, consider writing under the #ecotrain tag this coming week - we love all posts eco-green, earth building, spiritual and natural, but mostly as those things relate to the building and evolution of eco-community.
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Make The World A Better Place
Soooo much good content. Hoping our ecotrain contributors can also be upvoting and commenting each other - it makes such a difference!
Leading the curation trail for both @ecotrain & @eco-alex.
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@artemislives @eco-alex You have taught us that the best way to grow is to support publications with our vote and our commentary.
Thank you for making Steem a better place.
Upvoted ...the least I could do! :)
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Before anything else, we congratulate @ecotrain @eco-alex @artemislives and all his team for such a great achievement for the ecosystem and the Ecovillage, once again congratulations.
With respect to the publications we must say that every time we read and comment these publications we are generating great value to the Steem chain, but in addition to our society, are publications full of value, cultural, moral, social and spiritual, thank you for supporting us in these initiatives, congratulations and successes in each project you do.
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Welcome Eco Living. Another great initiative of @ecotrain and his team to make more visible the good content on the platform. Well done! Regards family!