Me and My Views!

Now that I have covered all our Eco Icons, I suppose I had better tell my story! My new life started in 2004 when I had a triple heart bypass operation. I came around from this revived and rejuvenated! My energy returned, apparently something to do with oxygen getting to the body and brain in quantities it was not managing before. I had a new unexpected life and a normal life expectancy; so I wondered what to do next?I wanted to give something back to the world, to try and help make the world a better place for future generations. So much is wrong with the world and all that was needed was to join together people's wishes and adjust the way our society was run. So was born http://www.yourtomorrow.co.uk/ a website aimed at building a community of like minded people who would express themselves on issues they cared about and use their spending power for the better future of the world.

We would sell "ethical gifts", after all the majority of my discretionary spending was on presents for family and friends, now that my family were grown up and independent. We built the website using seven ideas, represented on the website by Eco Icons; things that we felt would contribute to a better world and we cared about. They are not exclusive, but they are a start. If we all took their aims seriously we would help solve environmental problems, create a fairer more equal world, give small traders a chance against giant corporations and provide more choice in the high street, avoid harmful and damaging chemicals and help our youngsters develop their skills and talents. You can see that I have, in this Blog, written about each of the seven ideas explaining each of these Eco Icons and my views on them. However, many people disagree with my aims and objectives, indeed my involvement in any of this. If you have any views or opinions about this then this is the place to say so!

I was inspired, however, when I was in church recently by a visiting URC vicar's sermon. The theme of this was that we need to do much more than just concentrate on the physical environment, recycling, natural products, etcetera. What we had to do was focus on each others' wellbeing and help each other spiritually. There are PLENTY of occasions when this would help the world be a better place! Let's talk and communicate more, let's look after each other in times of need, let's not just focus on ourselves, but on each other. This is what I had hoped the Yourtomorrow site would help us to do, whether we are religious or not. The EcoIcons represent making a physical difference to the world and this we can change by redirecting our spending power. But caring about each others' spiritual side is far more important. When did you last do something for someone else? I shall try and track down the theme of this sermon and, if I do, I will put it onto the Knowledgebase of the website, where there are other articles and essays that have inspired me http://www.yourtomorrow.co.uk/kbase