50 things We Learnt This Year 👁️

50 things We Learnt This Year

1. Humans are inherently kind and cooperative

2. Listen to your body

3. Trust plant medicine

4. Hemp is the material of the future

5. Your gut can dictate your thoughts—it’s a second brain

6. Mushrooms can be made into leather, styrofoam and bacon 🍄

7. Cleaning products are toxic 🧼

8. COP is infiltrated by fossil fuel lobbyists

9. Only one country is on track to meet the Paris Agreement: the Gambia 🇬🇲

10. The fishing and meat industries should not be subsidized

11. Commercial fishing is plundering our oceans 🎣

12. International Agreements are not legally binding

13. Indigenous wisdom should be studied and appreciated

14. Growing your own tomato is more satisfying than buying material things 🍅

15. Ayni is key to a healthy life (balance)

16. Potted plants don’t want to be in pots they want to be in soil

17. Everyone under 40 wants to live off-grid

18. Our school system is flawed 🏫

19. The GNH is a much better economic metric than the GDP

20. Indigenous names of countries will eventually replace their colonial names

21. We need indigenous people in power

22. The Age of Aquarius is shaking things up

23. We’ve been in an ego-dominant society for 2,000 years, and perhaps things are finally changing

24. Connecting with wild animals gives you an indescribable feeling of peace

25. One whale is worth thousands of trees in carbon capture thanks to its poo 🐋

26. Lawns are ugly, we need more meadows 💐

27. Recycling is a scam devised by Coca Cola & Nestlé in the 70s

28. Mycelium helps trees communicate with each other

29. What the Human Design System is about

30. Fitting everything you own in a backpack is difficult but liberating 🎒

31. Mars Sucks

32. Appreciate the journey rather than the destination 🚞

33. The term carbon footprint was coined by British Petroleum to make you think the crisis is your fault

34. Psilocybin therapy will replace antidepressants

35. Fish have feelings 🐠

36. Cheap products are destroying our planet

37. Plastic attacks work

38. Rewilding is cool 🐺

39. The climate crisis has officially begun

40. Foraging should be taught in school

41. Greenwashing is becoming ubiquitous

42. Meditating teaches you a lot about who you are 🧘‍♀️

43. The media is normalizing “fire season” so remember, wildfires are not normal

44. Microplastics are in our tea bags 🍵

45. Making your own oat milk is easy 🥛

46. Food fraud is rampant

47. Edible forests are the future 🌳

48. Omega 3 fatty acids actually come from algae not fish

49. When the permafrost melts, we will be double fucked

50. We need more young womxn in politics

Thank you all for your ongoing support!

Wishing you wonderful holidays to recharge with loved ones and with yourselves.✨

See you in 2022 🦥