The challenges we face in our world today are truly unnerving. All we hear about is one bad news story after another. Big governments and big business are still arguing about climate change instead of focusing on actions needed to build a greener future. All the while, the average person sits back day to day and feels as if our future is uncertain and is completely out of our control.

Younger generations in our society also feel the pressure of an unknown future and even experience a certain level of anxiety because they are unsure of what tomorrow will bring. While there may be reason for feeling this way, I want to present a different option, and that is optimistic futurism. So, join me for episode 228.

Welcome back everyone to the Adventures in Sustainable Living podcast. This is your host Patrick and this is E228 Optimistic Futurism for the Environment.

Chores, chores, chores. Some days on the homestead it seems as if the chores will never end. At times I get discouraged and ask myself if it would not be easier just to skip this whole process. Sometimes simplicity seems difficult.

Would it not be easier to do what most other people do and just take full advantage of our modern conveniences and live a life of ease.

But in many respects this is exactly the attitude that most people have today and that is one of the reasons that the skills required for self sufficiency are slipping away.

If you want to learn how to reverse that, then stick around for some tips on how to level up your self sufficiency.

Welcome back everyone to the Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast. This is your host Patrick and this is E226 Seven Not-so-Obvious Strategies to Level Up Your Self Sufficiency.

There was a time whenever someone mentioned vegetarian or vegan diet that I would just roll my eyes and walk away. But now that seems to have transitioned into something else we hear more frequently and that is “plant-based diet.”

For most of us we may think of this as a boring diet with few options and perhaps it even conjures up visions of eating a salad every night. While this is far from the truth, a plant based diet is certainly much different from what most of us focus on eating.

But what if I told you a secret? There is something that you can do to look and feel better than 80% of the people in our society.

So, if you want to know the connection here then stick around for E226, The Real Scoop on a Plant-Based diet.