A Sustainable Life?

Everywhere I turn these days I am hearing the adjective sustainable before words that we use everyday. What is sustainable and what does it mean to us? A definition of sustainable is ‘Capable of being continued with minimal long-term effect on the environment’. So having sustainable foods, agriculture, tourism and architecture, design and development is a way of being. “Being” in harmony with the earth, preserving it for future generations while using its many natural resources to sustain a comfortable lifestyle.

So what does that mean to us personally? Most of the population today is so drained by the events of the day, there doesn’t seem to be time to focus on saving the earth. So why focus on this? Why not? Focusing on something much bigger than us can help change the world we see today. Changing the world starts by changing ourselves, we are the world. Increasing our consciousness, our awareness of how we affect the world, can create a sustainable way of life, a life of possibility, of ease and happiness.

It is quite evident that the path our society has been on is not sustainable. Greed has brought down the most powerful banks. Judgment has created wars and death. Narrow-mindedness has created a separation of, we the people. We can no longer sustain on “business as usual”. Business as usual is the reflection of an obsolete consciousness, one of narrow mindedness, short time horizons, judgment and greed.

How do we increase our consciousness? Looking at life through an unfiltered lens creates a clear perspective on what is in front of us. A lens that is free of tradition or expectations of what something should look like. A lens that is clear of judgment, in ourselves, and in others opens many more possibilities in life. What judgment is holding you back? How can you create a sustainable life?