One planet. One home.

This is what it feels like...sometimes. I carry mine and Jesper's luggage on our way to Tarifa in Spain and though we've reduced our luggge four times along the way, it's still heavy! Maybe you're wondering what we're dragging with us? Well, most of what weights are tools and spare parts for our bikes but also a laptop and video camera with its batteries. Furthermore nuts and some alimentary supply. No tent, no "portable kitchen" and no sleeping bags. Crazy, huh? :)

But we like it this way. It was a decision we made before leaving and it kind of makes our journey more exciting! We simply have to trust that everything will work out. Until now it has worked out just fine :) We often find hosts through the magnificent network on CouchSurfing. Otherwise hotels and youth hostels have been glad to help us. We've often asked restaurants for food when we've gotten hungry and also they have contributed. And this is what it's all about. Helping each other. Contributing. Collaborating and sharing.

Many of us tend to believe that we're independent. But we're not. We're only "independent" until the shops are closed. Our welfare is based on other peoples loss. While we're fighting to get the cheapest cucumber, bananas, fruits or whatever, other people are struggling to be able to provide us with these products. They work for a smaller salary every month only to be able to offer the cheapest products so the purchaser buyers shall continue importing from them.

Can anyone be independent?

How many of us can say that he/she knows how to grow their own food, how to build and maintain their own houses, how to educate their children, how to make their own clothes and how to create and connect their own electricity?

Even if one person is able to manage all the fields mentioned above, he/she would most likely have some issues concerning the time it would all take.. After all, there's only 24 hours in one day. So we actually need each other and we actually depend on each other. Many of us are also blinded by the fact that we Have to change our behaviour on this planet. We need to get away from our mass consuming culture. Our Mother Earth has the capacity to provide everybodies need. Not everyones desire. We need to start sharing. Sharing is caring. What comes around goes around and energy flows where attention goes. Be generous!

One planet. One home.

Elin

For you who are curious, watch thismovie and try being open minded for new possibilities. If people realised that every small act counts, they wouldn't hesitate to take those small steps towards a better world. Can we afford not trying?