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In Western societies people are collectively led by a desire for
expensive things rather than valuable experiences, and this
consumerism and overindulgence contributes heavily to the major
imbalance currently seen on our planet.
We throw away tonnes of
food a day while millions of people starve, never having a life
befitting every living being on Earth.
In my own life I am
working on cleaning up, clearing out, and cutting back so as to make
my own negative impact on the planet less.
Fasting is a
controversial issue for most Westerners who are born into a life of
advertising and misleading information about our "reality".
In fact research has been undertaken which shows fasting, if done
carefully, can be beneficial to our health. The thing is that many
people in our world do not have the choice whether to eat or not, and
that is NOT healthy. Coupled with a lack of fresh drinking water,
people die from lack of nutrition everyday. They are subjected to a
life of starvation with no end in sight, whereas I am able to go on a
one month fast with the knowledge that in March I can slowly restart
food intake. I feel that through a longer period, we can really get
close to understanding, at least physically, the plight of those who
have no access to food.
While I know my 'extreme' undertaking is
not for everyone, my vision for Fast4Feb in the future is for others
to pledge to spend the month of February without something they are
heavily dependent on, such as coffee, chocolate, or cigarettes (and
who knows, if you have a habit you wish to break, this might be one
motivation, one way to begin that process). I have found that turning
something "self-centred" like fasting into doing something
positive for others is incredibly motivating.
I wish to donate any money raised through my fast to a variety
of causes - this year (2014) I have chosen A Well-Fed World and the
WWF.
I am accepting sponsorship on a day by day basis (with the
final sum tallied and contributed soon after February 28th), or
one-off donations, also made in the first week of March.
Please support me in lessening my impact on the planet, and I
encourage you to find your own way to do the same, and hope you will
join me in 2015, when I fast for Feb, in giving up something for the
month and getting friends and family to sponsor you :-)
Thank you
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