Hey everyone,
My name is Kadri and I’ve loved nature for as long as I can remember. I will never forget the summers I spent at my aunt’s cottage in the middle of the woods in southern Estonia. I think the love and appreciation for nature is something Estonians are born with. Our country is very green and it is common to go berry picking or mushroom hunting in late summer. That is why it is crazy to think that I didn’t know about the environmental crisis until I was 17 years old and had to write a very extensive research paper in 11th grade. The topic for me ended up being “Freeganism and overconsumption”. Even though my main focus was on the people that call themselves freegans and dumpster divers, the 7-month long research on the topic ended up opening my eyes to the consumeristic society we live in. I was shocked! Surely, someone is doing something about this issue, I thought. But as I got older I realized no one cares.
That research I did in my junior year of high school made me major in Environmental Science in college. I just felt like someone has to do something and that was enough for me to go for it. Every year that has passed since that decision the situation has only gotten worse and only last year (2019) I started noticing more and more people actually give a crap.
My closer friends from college know how passionate I can be about this topic, often getting emotional about how we are killing the planet. It was in college, where I first heard of the Zero Waste movement, and I quickly got sucked into the various Youtube channels showing easy zero-waste swaps, zero-waste grocery shopping, etc. I began to see how difficult it can be to change how you live in order to help the environment. As a division 1 student-athlete, I did not have a ton of time or money to change my habits overnight, but I started to make more of a conscious effort to be better and made some changes.
I graduated from college in May 2019, and left the United States, to go back home and fulfill my dream of playing basketball professionally. That being my job means that I move to a different city or even country almost every year. At the moment, I am playing in Krakow, Poland, and where I’ll be in August, I have no idea.
This is what gave me the idea of starting my blog. I would love to have you guys follow my journey to the most low impact lifestyle I can possibly manage while being a professional basketball player. This blog will also help me feel even more motivated to keep doing the right thing for the planet and hopefully also inspire you guys. I understand that being able to pick and choose, where to grocery shop and sometimes pick the more expensive option is a privilege, but I also believe there is something everyone can do, even if it is just choosing to eat at the restaurant rather than getting take out. As Steve Jobs once said, “The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that do.” So let’s start this exciting journey and help each other become better people, while also helping the planet we call our home.
This is what gave me the idea of starting my blog. I would love to have you guys follow my journey to the most low impact lifestyle I can possibly manage while being a professional basketball player. This blog will also help me feel even more motivated to keep doing the right thing for the planet and hopefully also inspire you guys. I understand that being able to pick and choose, where to grocery shop and sometimes pick the more expensive option is a privilege, but I also believe there is something everyone can do, even if it is just choosing to eat at the restaurant rather than getting take out. As Steve Jobs once said, “The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that do.” So let’s start this exciting journey and help each other become better people, while also helping the planet we call our home.
I hope to see you back here again soon!
Love,
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