We’re all for forging your own path. On our more courageous days, we fancy ourselves trailblazers.
But we also need to be mindful of the footprints we leave behind. Along one of our weekend family hikes, an elegant sign greeted us at the start of our trail: “Shortcutting causes erosion”. If we are mindful of our where we step, our kids and their kids can fall in love with nature too.
It’s why we consciously minimize Chasing Windmills’ footprint. Our home office subsidizes wind power. We offset our home office energy use and shipping, thanks to the good people of TerraPass. We use recycled materials for our mailers. Our merino fiber is naturally renewable, with the sheep being shorn once per year. And, best of all, merino is biodegradable- all thanks to Mama Nature.
Yes, those are little things. But we must believe that little things make a big difference.
Little things like avoiding shortcuts on a mountain trail.