Let’s be honest, for the vast majority of the population, it is impossible to live in a world where you sew your own clothes and cook every meal from scratch using plants you grew and construct your own furniture and power your house by riding a little bicycle. There are people who tend to blame one another for not doing some of these things, which is totally human, but not totally fair. The way the modern world runs is not sustainable, the average person doesn’t have that much choice as we are all, in some way, contributing to these systems. Not to say that these systems don’t need to change, they desperately do, we need climate justice (#justrecovery), to move away from fossil fuels, to manufacture less plastic and disrupt fewer ecosystems. That’s where activism comes into play, this is why we strike, this is why we write letters, this is why we educate one another and work together in our homes, schools, offices, communities, organizations, etc. All that being said, it is undoubtedly valuable to make things yourself… here’s why!