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• Transportation (cars and trucks)• Energy production (coal and oil powered generating stations)• Agriculture (fertilizers and mechanization)• Plastic (fossil fuel based products)Fossil fuels pollute nature with the rapid release of millions of years of storedcarbon and energy originally captured by plants from the sun . Fossil fuels are notrenewable. In fact, many types may be depleted within the next fifty to sixty years.Additionally, the large scale waste and inefficient use of water, organic matter andnon-renewable resources are destroying forests, filling up land fill sites andcontaminating nature. We need to find alternatives. We need creative ways toeconomize, reduce, and recycle, as in natural sustainable processes. Thus, the goal isa return to balance, as inspired by nature. The solutions are found by eliminating,significantly reducing or transforming the processes involved with the essentialactivities of our lives. The goals of Natural Living are:1. Use sustainable non -polluting energy sources (primarily the sun and wind).2. Select local organic food or grow your own food organically.3. Choose to live within walking or biking distance of where you work and usepublic transit.4. Create or transform your home so that it is optimally oriented for solarheating and natural cooling ventilation, including natural renewableinsulation materials to retain heating and cooling.5. Where and whenever possible eliminate, or where required, change allappliances and lighting over time to be the most efficient, long lastingavailable while minimizing their use.6. Construct your home and all products you choose in your home fromnatural renewable materials.7. Recycle wastes and water back into nature using living machines,composting or other natural processes.8. Reconnect to life energy , creativity, beauty and inspiration in nature .Applying these goals to your daily life is a wonderful experience. The necessity offinding creative alternatives in order to reach these goals has enriched my own87