Posted on 01/14/2020 7:04:47 PM PST by nickcarraway
Green activist John Cossham, 52, on how he earns very little so he can live a low-carbon lifestyle
Name: John Cossham Age: 52 Income: £10,000 Occupation: Entertainer and ecology educator
Im an enthusiastic green activist and I earn very little so I can live a low-carbon lifestyle. Thats the way I like it; I dont want much money, because people who earn a lot have a high carbon footprint. This green lifestyle saves my family about £10,000 a year on utilities, food and travel compared to the average family of four. But thats not the reason I do it.
Im proud to make between £3,000 and £4,000 a year gigging as a childrens entertainer called Professor Fiddlesticks, riding a unicycle and juggling. I also give talks on climate change and other green subjects, plus I sell compost, do gardening and bike trailer removals, which adds up to about £2,000 a year.
I live with my wife, Gill, who works full time as an unpaid carer, and two adult children. We bought our house outright after Gills mother died, with help from my dad. As a family, we get a working tax credit of £367 a month.
Im a freegan, which means I get food from bins, from foraging, or from my garden. Im largely vegan, but eat dairy if I find it thrown away. The most unexpected thing I found in a bin was a bottle of champagne. I buy unsold fruit and veg for a penny a bag from a local food shop and get four loaves of yesterdays bread for £1 from the local bakers.
We spend about £100 a week on basics such as rice and pasta. I occasionally have a coffee or pint out, but we never go to restaurants or get takeaways.
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according to him her work is unpaid. Either she is caring for a family member or is being paid under the table
So your solution is to turn California into one giant greenhouse?
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matthew 6:33) Thanks be to God.
“How often does
He Get
Food Poisoning?
.
Sick Freak.”
You get immune to it and can eat anything after about the fourth time... lol
Ask me how I know... :)
Eating like a Venezuelan
I had “No Fixed Address” on my driver’s license for a year, about 40 years ago, and was living on maybe $500/month. That kind of thing’s more fun when you’re young.
“I witnessed a couple living out of their car who
would fry the left over pizza dough from a dumpster,
in a coffee can, over an open fire in the parking
lot.”
And that’s why they are poor. Idiots. Should have put the pizza on top of the engine as they drove back from the dumpster.
Im not offering any solution.
The article, if you read it, positioned carbon dioxide as the bad guy which I think is BS. I cant stop California from destroying itself.
I use my green houses to extend the seasons, grow food for myself and to make money.
The money I make is mostly from leftists, some who know my political leanings but are brainwashed into paying ridiculous prices for organic produce.
Theyre to f...ing lazy to do what I do
If my customers had their own greenhouses I couldn’t take their $$$ and give to the Right causes.
Would that be him and their kids?
Or he's using a new, "woke" term for "housewife."
Where I’m from they call that a ‘dumpster diver’...
They didn’t have to drive anywhere.
They parked about 10 feet from the
dumpster, and were camped there
for three days before the cops told
them to leave.
We used to call them bums.
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