Monday, March 27, 2006

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No title is more appropriate than "consumerism" Danger

It 's been a long time since my last post. Some days I log onto my blog and I think it covered with dust. Other days I would buy a more decent space better organized because I believe we write our own ideas and that they really worth. Today I want to shake the dust off with this post.
The other day I heard on TV (Figures in Light, RAI3 course) of GAS . Nothing to do with natural gas, stands for fair trade groups: groups of citizens are coming together to buy wholesale products and do so bearing in mind the concept of solidarity as a selection criterion. It seemed like a smart idea (certainly not new, perhaps they're all already aware). I was interesting that is aimed mainly at the local market: wholesalers, in fact, are chosen based on several criteria including proximity, the guy on TV talking about up to 10 km away. Finally someone does go on television the concept of a market more localized to the facciazza TAV, which should move the goods do not know who throughout the euro-Asian continent, in the face of the big supermarkets that have deluded that it was cheaper to shoot himself 50 km to shop, the face of all those who want to but the TAV complain about the Chinese market. The Chinese could be the future of Bulgaria and Romania join, watch the journey of TAV (pp. 24 and 25) and wondering where to go but more importantly, from where the goods will reach the TAV.
time ago I spoke with a friend who is too left, but I was amazed by his ideas pro-TAV. It 's true, the market has assumed global dimensions, it should be recognized and certainly not every cloud has a silver lining. But balance that serves to move goods around the world does not make sense if:
  • goods can be produced locally;
  • local products have a higher quality;
  • in countries of origin there are protections and union rights are not respected at work ;
  • in their home countries workers are not adequately rewarded;
  • the very action of moving goods adds value to the product that is downloaded to the purchaser;
  • freight wagons make the trip completely.
The overall size of the market is not a necessity, is un'optional: you must be careful not to transform the world market in a global waste (Remember, the resources are finite ). It 'going to be spending too much even in large supermarkets, where it is necessary to shoot himself hour by car and one hour cash to buy what the dealer sells me the house. More: it is even more absurd to buy what we can do at home with little effort and excellent results. And added to the objective of this post, I offer the experience of my family, real, spendable, repeatable by anyone of you with little money, which can effectively reduce costs and waste .
  1. water: more than a year now no longer buy bottled water, drink than tap water. To years I believed that it was not good, but stupid, water is normal, now Nos feel the difference with that of the bottle. Where's the savings: the tap water is cheaper, you save about 90 € a year. I know it does not seem much but consider that: plastic waste has been reduced to a minimum (bottled water, also crushed occupies its space hog) and no one needs to do more unnecessary flights of stairs to get home in 15 liters of water the aqueduct would get anyway.
  2. yogurt: yogurt eaters if you're like me and do not look for exotic tastes, then a special yoghurt maker is right for you. Yogurt is produced within a day by adding milk another yogurt (every once in a jar again be bought in store) or lactic acid (can be bought in pharmacies). The end result is delicious: bitter, of course, white, of course, but it can be "decorated" with coffee, chocolate and syrups. E 'creamy just like the supermarket. There is an initial cost due to the purchase of a yogurt (less than 15 €) if you really want to make cool, then it's all profit. Also here: shopping bag emptier, less plastic waste, household product, I know what I ate. Intelligiente consumption, I'm not wasting time. I do not remember how long we use it, maybe a few years ... raga well as breakfast is not missing never in the morning.
  3. bread: the bread can be produced at home with amazing results. We bought a machine that kneads, raises and then bake in a automatic mechanism. The machine can be programmed to obtain the finished product per hour you want. Once you learn the procedure can produce different varieties of bread (with potatoes, milk, chocolate ...). We estimate the savings. Again, there is an initial outlay for the purchase of the machine (50 € approximately) now is found in many shops. The cosume my family's bread is about 750 grams per day (we are 3 and 4 for lunch and dinner). Suppose that the baker spends € 2.5. Considering the normal cost of the meal (which you can buy in large quantities), the flour, yeast, water and electricity that we have calculated, using the bread machine, the cost for 750 grams is less than 0.5 €. If you consume 750 grams of bread a day, every day, the machine you repaid in the first month, then everything is earned. Benefits to partly economic: the bread you can prepare when you want, even on Sundays, you will not be forced to freeze it and you will not waste because you can produce exactly the amount you consume. In addition, the homemade bread stays soft even after 2 or 3 days. When it is dry then just reheat in the toaster to make some great pieces to be coated with butter and jam. The quality is much higher than the bread oven. Disadvantages: increase your consumption of bread and the baker :-) no longer see.
  4. dumplings (savory pie for the friends of Parma, cake for all others): here a delicate touch of a button, I'm going literally insane. Lately, my mother began to do so with the same bread recipe and onion over ... Lunch 750 grams of dumpling disappear in 3. Procedure: You can use the bread machine to make the dough, then just spread it in a teapot and let it rise. I advise you to cook the Petronilla. I know it is an object of the past, but I assure you that it deserves. If you turn to the markets there is still someone who sells it.
Now, for a true cheese missing only erbazzone and Lambrusco, and then with this stuff (and cured) could be in place forever. The things that I listed can be obtained easily and without loss of time, indeed, time will you earn xche there is less stuff to buy at the supermarket. I heard that you can also produce toothpaste, inform me. We have the knowledge and technology, sfruttiamole to improve our lives, not arrendiamoci consumerism and do not expect the politicians to provide solutions. If incentives for the local market (if not the home) will give even more meaning to the boycott.

NEWS
friend who is clown lane I wrote: April 2nd is the day of red nose. It is a festival organized by the VIP We live in the positive. In Reggio will be held from 9.00 to 19.00 between Piazza S. Prospero and Piazza Prampolini. If you do not know what the clown terapy click here.

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