Zoë Thurling

I learned that there is much more I can do to engage in regeneration of the planet, and that by doing so, I pass on to my children an awareness that will help them become capable ambassadors of knowledge for their generation.

I am happy with the bidets we have installed. Goodbye toilet paper. If it’s yellow let it mellow flush policy is reducing water waste further.

So I've been working on a Glassworks Cooperative project and we are gearing up for committee formation. I am hopeful that some of my teammates will join in. It's a super-exciting development that would help our community generate green electricity, and signal that we are a community that really does care about the environment. 

I will tend to eat what is already available rather than have it go to waste. When given a choice I will go for vegetarian or vegan, but I cannot control every situation.

My challenge is going well enough, but there is a lot more to do. So much. It is overwhelming to think of the consequences of not acting, yet still somehow it is a struggle to convince others, even people who seem to be very astute, that we need to take dramatic action to avert climate chaos. Someone asked me, are you a pessimist or an optimist. I said both without even thinking. I have to be a pessimist to really hear the science and what it tells us. On the other hand, I have to be an optimist, or else I cannot act. And action is the only thing that can bring hope, as Greta Thunberg says. So chipping away at bits I do, working on larger projects and trying to be vocal.

 Challenge is going well enough but I wonder how to scale change fast enough. Is there any estimate of what each of us has to achieve to save the world?