Eco Living Weekly celebrates our collective efforts to live more harmoniously on Mother Earth, and walks hand-in-hand each week with 
's other curation, Eco Village News. It's a "best of" from posts on the steem blockchain this past week which have used the #ecotrain tag.
What kind of content will get you curated here? Practical, thoughtful, creative and personal posts about literally Making the World a Better Place. From recycling, art, natural health and organic-permaculture to eco-travel, creating change, spirituality, art-poetry-music, natural food preparation and growing-storing-preserving your food and natural medicine. Please attribute quoted material and images which aren't your own, and be thoughtful. You need to use the #ecotrain tag to be considered for an upvote. And please make at least part of your post in the English language - we MANUALLY curate so we need to be able to understand the gist of your post.
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MUCH APPRECIATION for the wonderful posts this week.
Please: read, upvote, comment, resteem the posts we've selected for you. And start writing YOUR next post.
One family's excess straw from their grain harvest is another family's delight - both for kids' playtime and for mulching the organic garden. Do you see the JOY on that gorgeous little girl's face? 
Working collaboratively is about more than our neighbours - it's about understanding the role of great, compassionate animal husbandry in eco-living and educating ourselves, and others, about this hugely important link in the soil-biodiversity and food security equations. 
Feathered Friday: A Friend Visits
Birds are ambassadors of environmental health and a sign that you're doing things right. Noticing the birds, appreciating them and enjoying them (and not seeing them as 'the enemy') is a first step to a fuller way of living in harmony with Mother Earth. 
A Prepper's Washing Machine: We're Going Back In Time A Little
Friendly bacteria are cool but there comes a point where their stinky friends come to hang out and clothes just need WASHING. 
Coccinellidae as a Biological Controller in Crops
Understanding the natural cycles and predators is soooo important for organic and eco-living. 
The First Rain: Blessings & Source of Trouble
Those of us living in Asia know only too well that first rains can bring disease and lots of dangerous critters out of hiding. 
Knowing all the properties and aspects of the plants and trees you share and enjoy? 
Fast fashion is a personal and environmental disaster! 
Growing Method Experiment: Did It Work?
Experimenting with growing methods in our own little micro-environments is everything, as is recording the results. 
Sustainable News #5: Finance, Agricultural Solutions, Plastics & Renewables
The big picture within which we strive to create a different paradigm. 
Eco Rant Of The Week: Small Eco Crimes We Pat Ourselves On The Back For Doing
Eco rants are sometimes NEEDED to shove us out of our self-congratulatory bad habits. Did you mow a lawn this week? 
Detox Your System: A Beginner's Guide To Vibrant Health
Arguably the most important ecosystem to clean, detox and maintain is our own body!! Cos without that we're easy prey for Big Pharma's chemical nasties and useless for tree-planting, composting, gardening or earth building. 
Ecotrain Question of the Week
Exploring the underpinnings of eco-living and eco-community is often done through our QOTW. You still have a couple of days to contribute to our current question, which is a biggie!!
Ecotrain QOTW In What Ways Has Centralization Failed Us? 100 Steem in Prizes!
Please consider contributing in the coming days. No rules other than 2 simple housekeeping requests: (1)please use the #ecotrain tag so we can find your post for curation and (2) please post the link to you response in the comments of the challenge post. Where to find the next QOTW Challenge Post? FOLLOW
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