Positive Change Story: Amy W.

This story from Amy is part of Robin Greenfield’s Positive Change Series. Read more stories here.

Robin is radically impacting my life. I’m all in on changing as many areas of my life as possible to bring my waste level down. Here’s a list of the things I’ve started doing since I discovered Robin’s videos a couple weeks ago:

• I made an “outhouse ” in a mulch pile. It’s working great. Even though I have neighbors, I dug deep enough into the mulch pile that it blocks their line of sight.
• I started using tulip poplar leaf TP most of the time. I tried Lamb’s Ear but it irritates my skin.
• I started foraging for myself and pet rabbits as much as I can and buying less. I’m already saving money doing that.
  
• Started removing roadkill from the road.
• I’m clipping my nails outside and brushing my hair outside.
• I’m trading more plants and seeds with friends and starting to connect with a local Ecovillage.
• I’m earning more about native American history and hoping to involve the local Cherokee communities in the forest project.
• I’m learning how to make paper.

……. and more.

I feel like finding Robin set me free. When I was 16, I saw a program on TV that talked about how large an area of a creek could be polluted by just a capful of bleach or something. It sparked my interest in saving the planet, but every time I made too radical changes I received so much pushback from my parents and community. For a while I didn’t care and did what I thought I should anyway, but over time I got tired of being so different and out of place. I questioned myself and tried to stop making ripples, but I never have peace with myself and still don’t fit in, so finding Robin is giving me the confidence to be more myself, at 52. Plus, I’m learning so many more things from Robin’s videos. I’m currently an artist, landscaper and garden installer, but Robin helped me to decide to move more towards landscaping and teaching things like kudzu basket weaving and away from oil painting and other forms of art that are full of toxic materials. He’s also making it so much easier for me to start decluttering my house. And on and on….

Inspired to make positive change in your life? In: 100 Positive Changes to Live More Sustainably, Healthy and Happy I share the first 100 changes I made as a resource to help you on your journey.