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Sheril Kirshenbaum Sep 27, 2023

This morning on a panel for Missouri State University related to #climatechange, food security & the future, I got a version of the same question I'm asked at every event:

"What can I do personally to make a meaningful difference?"

There are so many ways to answer this, but I thought it would be interesting to share the question on #Mastodon.

How do you have impact? Find hope? Take action?

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Soliyra (she/they)Sep 27, 2023

@Sheril I'm starting by turning my suburban property into a permaculture food forest, donating any excess to a local food bank. I'm also working with the local school district on their sustainability task force, trying to get them to adopt a stewardship approach to landscaping their properties. Hopefully I'll be able to get a permaculture design cert in the spring.

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Soliyra (she/they)

@Sheril these options aren't open to everyone but I'd recommend anyone who 'owns' land or has the ear of people and organizations who do to implement permaculture practices, grow what food they can, and looks at our relationship with the outdoors as stewardship rather than ownership. Replace lawns with ecosystems and stop removing fallen leaves. We need a culture shift.