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| Ryerson University |
In one year I...
- Lost 20 lbs
- Paid off all my credit cards (How I Paid off my Credit Cards by Going Local)
- Learned how to make cheese
- Learned about the food system
- Discovered local business's
- Became a gardener
- Went on the local radio and news
- Learned about myself
- And spread the word of local
There were times when being a Locavore felt socially isolating but what I learned from this experience far exceeded any of the personal struggles I faced. I learned that eating local is just the tip of the iceberg of things we can do to live more sustainably. My eyes were opened to the flaws in the food system that became more obvious when I took the time to learn about my food and what I was consuming. And once you have been wisened to the ills of the world, it is difficult to ever go back.
"Live simply so others can simply live."- Mahatma Gandhi
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| Un-Local Night |
I learned that I have changed, even if the world around me has not. I recently visited Toronto for the National Student Food Summit and was disillusioned with a city that used to feel like home, instead it felt like an urban sink hole where all the problems of society seemed to flourish. I know now that I can carve out the kind of life I want by making decisions every day that will benefit me as well as others.
My first week of un-local-ness culminated with a blow out un-local night at Earl's Prince George with friends. When the cloud in my head lifted the next morning I understood that though it felt good to be bad I still had a guilty feeling left over, a feeling I could be free from as an ethical consumer.
I am a Locavore, I am a Freegan, I am a Change Maker.
Cheers to the end of a great year, and the beginning of a lifetime of local living.
XX Melanie
"Be the change you want to see in the world." -Mahatma Gandhi
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