Monday 9 November 2009

Greenies without hair shirts demand cakes!

Cakes and fun! Apparently that's what we need to get people on board in the environmental movement. Well, I'm all for that. The suggestion came at an environmental conference without an agenda that was held in our little town on Saturday. It was really inspiring and what was even better, it was so much fun!

I was helping out at the local farmers' market in the morning, making trays of tea and coffee, so I could only go in the afternoon, but by the time I got there, there was a white pad plastered with loads of ideas from car sharing to garden sharing and from bike racks to sharing information about best practice as well as how we become a transition town. But the main thrust of the day was that we all wanted to enjoy ourselves, we wanted to feel positive about what we are trying to do and we wanted to have cakes!

The day was punctuated with some lovely goodies kindly provided by the organiser, Steve and the little breaks for lunch and afternoon tea provided us all with an opportunity to mix, chat and giggle.

Just perfect!

Exactly up my street and completely in line with this blog's philosophy which is that we can all do our bit to protect our bit of the planet but who says we can't smile and have fun while we're doing it. Personally, we're saving money by turning off things, by cycling and walking and by shopping locally, which means we don't buy lots of things we don't need and as you might guess, that even makes Chicken Licken smile !

Bring on the cakes and fun, say I! ( Well, I just may have to cycle and walk a bit more!)

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