It is the first of January, around eleven in the evening in a small danish village. I couldn't make it without candles, so I have some. The window is open, and a male cat is looking for his evening partner. Desperately. Otherwise there is silence. Everyone is at home, and typing, writing or just thinking about New Year's resolutions. To change something about their lifestyle. Maybe their diet?

I have seen the dumpsters after Christmas. The amount of trash we produced in the name of love, these past two weeks. Wrapping paper, half, roasted duck, salad, old coffee machine, cake, ice cream, christmas tree...Food for thought. We do not need more. I think we have enough, at least more than what we actually need. We went way to far with everything. What we need is to learn how to manage. Change what you don't like, change what you cannot live with.

I couldn't live with the thought that people are suffering because of me. Because of my lifestyle or the products which I cannot live without...And I couldn't live with the thought that I hurt nature. And just because I don't see slavery, dirty oceans, deforestation, trash islands and mountains, poisoned, plastic-filled birds and starving kids, so the results of my consumption habits directly, it doesn't mean they are not there. We can call it "eco guilt", which doesn't mean feeling guilty, it just keeps us away from actions and goods, for which we tend to blame "others".

So my new year's resolution's are these. Because I know I cannot live without hurting anyone/anything, I am not going to feel guilty, unnecessarily. I will keep living my life in this style. I keep dumpsterdiving, buying fairtrade goods, and support local farmers with buying their traceable products. I am going to show and talk to as many people, as I possibly can, without being a conspiracy theory-priest, who makes people feel guilty. I will keep acting and writing about how I do it.

And I promise, I will post the recipe of these meringues...