Eco-Logic-Al... Protecting our environment
Eco-Logic-Al... Reasoning our efforts
Eco-Logic-Al... That's me, Allan
In the picture above I'm the guy on the far left (of course!).
I'm passionate about minimising the negative effects my lifestyle has on the environment. You could call it 'treading lightly and thoughtfully'. Our precious planet is labouring under the strain of excessive consumerism. We must recycle, yes, but as importantly we must reduce what we make and what we consume.
Have a look at my thoughts below, what I'm doing and what else I'd love to do. If you're curious to know more about me and my journey, please ask, or I would love to hear your thoughts and hopes. Send me a message
About me
I live in Adelaide, South Australia but was born and grew up in New Zealand, over the ditch as they say. I have adult children from a former marriage and am now single, living with some of my children in a shared house.
My passion for the environment stemmed from my love for animals and nature. I'm heartbroken to see animal habitat being destroyed to satisfy our own pleasures, well beyond need. As my children grew and I looked to their future I hoped for mankind to pull back on this destruction. There have been wins, but also fails. It is now not just about destroying animal habitat but our own habitat. Weather events fuelled by climate change are battering towns and cities, and consumer greed has reached unchecked into turning housing into money making ventures, pushing rental prices way above affordability for many. Social injustice is driven by the same greed that plunders our earth.
At the time of my birth, some 60 years ago, mankind was already full steam ahead, abusing our planet. It was easier to think back then that our world could sustain landfils, the wasting of native forests, smoke stacks from generating power, pollution from internal combustion engines and the odd bit of rubbish tossed from the car window. The world population was just over 3 billion then, now it's over 8 billion and any advances in waste management, reforestation and sustainable energy seem to get checked by more and more people demanding more and more.
While government needs to step up, it's us as individuals and togther as society, that need to take responsibility, for the people we vote into power and for our own actions. Ultimately it is our ability to check our greed and selfishness that will determine the future of this planet, to refuse the lies that consuming more makes us happier. What is true is that what is better for the planet is better for our own personal physical and mental health, and, if it matters, better for our wallets.