awesome e-book: how to live without a car
Posted on March 18th, 2010
I lived without a car until I was 29. And last year my car was stolen and I took the opportunity to spend 6 months car-free. It was liberating. I reduced my circle of influence to a 10km radius (the distance I could ride my bike in comfortably). It limited my choices and steered things to simplicity, implicitly. Creating circumstances that limit our choices are key to living a more streamlined life. I swear!
Anyway, Tammy Strobel of Rowdykittens has put together this ebook with practical tips on how to do it yourself. You can buy it through me direct…and I’ll be upfront, I get 50% via her affiliate program. It’s a lovely set-up. I pass on the good word, and she says thank you. Click here to buy Simply Car-Free for $US9.95
My son lives in Newcastle and does not have a car.
when at Uni he lived on campus so did not need one.
He walked many k’s every day!
He now catches the bus to work, walks to do his groceries etc
and is richer and fitter because of it
The best thing about not having the car to do groceries is to take a backpack, and you buy enough things that you can comfortably carry home. If it’s too heavy, it could mean you’ve bought too much food (which potentially could be thrown out to landfill anyways)…
Food for thought.
I started walking 30 minutes a day about 2 years ago yo lose weight. Now that’s all done I still walk every day (been 3 years now) as it’s so addictive. Now I whiz past the shops at the same time and pick up groceries. You just see so much more when you walk – and it’s SLOW so you take things in.
It’s the meditative quality of walking and how it lets your mind unravel after a tough day. I can’t recommend it highly enough – the mental benefits far outweigh the physical. I really look forward to it everyday now and get ansy if I miss more than a day or so.
It’s great that you are promoting going car free, along with all the other great things you promote.
I didn’t get a car until I was 33 and moved out of Sydney, but in Sydney I loved being car free. I never needed to join a gym with all the walking I did, not to mention the money I saved. It’s also a very green thing to do.
Why did you go back to having a car?