Sustainable living
is fundamentally the application of sustainability to lifestyle choice and
decisions. One conception of sustainable living expresses what it means in
triple-bottom-line terms as meeting present ecological, societal, and
economical needs without compromising these factors for future generations. If
we observe towards the life of any community or person, we find that only
Adiwasis, the tribal people (of India) live a truly sustainable lifestyle. The
life style of tribes is very sustainable. The writer has spent 15 years time
among them to understand how they live with minimal or no adverse
environmental, economical and social impact. They life off their land.
Everything ranging from their dwellings, dresses and cooking practices are
environmentally responsible. When the World is looking desperately for the
solutions to save to Earth, it is tribal people only who are doing best in this
contest. They have a ‘symbiotic relationship
with nature’, and their existence was never based on accumulation
or consumerism. They took what they needed from nature, but never
in excess. They never hoarded. They never had a need to subdue,
conquer or master nature. They
do not cut down vast tracts of forest. They plant vegetables between the trees.
For them the sustainable living means using as few resources as possible and
causes the least amount of environmental damage for future generations to deal
with. In terms of houses, they build in such a way that they use few
nonrenewable resources, do not require much energy to run, and cause little or
no damage to surrounding environment. It is constructed from the materials that
have been produced in an environmentally friendly manner. They use straw bales,
bamboos or reclaimed stone or bricks
Sunday, April 19, 2015
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