In my weekly posts, I will share some great videos I have found on my journey to a better future for our children and our children's children...the Seventh Generation Impact Assessment Decision Making Guideline is a great way to assess long-term value in terms of benefits and long-term ecological impacts when deciding to make a purchase.
How does it work? Ask yourself, how will this purchase/decision impact my family seven generations down the line?
After a very public series of failures, with Maersk and Kia among many other sponsors, Ocean Cleanup recently celebrated the biggest haul of plastic ocean waste without any ocean life casualties!
This is a very "moving" success, especially among those who saw this endeavour through many past failures!
If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again! Especially if it's a Seventh Generation sort of endeavour or benefit!
Giving "crap" a new meaning in life...how can we minimize the burning of fossil fuels and the cutting of trees in Africa? Are there any objections to this sort of cooking fuel?
For the Beauty of the Earth!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gAsaeXzyi4
Hi Czarina, thank you for sharing those great videos! I agree with your statement to ask yourself "How will this purchase impact my family seven generations down the line?" It's powerful and realistic to think of our needs at this moment but once you consider beyond the line, a shift in thought is definitely feasible.
Hi Czarina! Your statement "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again" is so important regarding the crisis we are in. Giving up on the environment is not a option! I have never heard of the Seventh Generation Impact Assessment Decision Making Guideline, but after your post, I spent time to think about how much material I consume per day and how much waste I create. I agree that it is a good way to becoming more mindful.
Hi Czarina, you shared great ideas and evidence in your post. I especially liked your point about not giving up and trying again and again. Solving big problems, like pollution in the ocean, takes time and resiliency. Secondly, using waste for fuel is a solution that I forgot existed - definitely worth researching for further development. This strategy will reduce waste and energy consumption, so it's a win-win situation if we get it to work.
Hey Czarina, great videos added. I think that your approach to considering the impacts we make and how they affect not only ourselves but 7 generations of our linneage is very powerful. To think back 7 generations is diffiuclt enough for myself, its easy sometimes to get short sighted with our idea of the future.