[permaculture] Fwd: On an ethics of Mr. Skvorak
Lawrence F. London, Jr.
venaurafarm at bellsouth.net
Sun Aug 8 12:11:50 EDT 2010
On 8/8/2010 11:45 AM, Toby Hemenway wrote:
> On Aug 7, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Andrew Millison wrote:
>
>> His idea is that these [armies] are the most powerful and
>> logistically functional human organizations on the Planet, why not
>> put them to good use as consciousness shifts to Earth healing?
>
> Very true. One of the best events at Scott's course with the Guard
> was when we did hands on, and the army crew was assigned to move a
> huge pile of earth that a mis-used bulldozer had shoved around,
> smooth it, and plant it. The troops worked faster, more efficiently,
> and with more team spirit than any group of permies I've ever seen.
> They got done in half the time allotted, and then without being
> asked, repaired the fence the dozer had trashed, set it back up, and
> then asked for more to do. Then the Hopi students came over and sowed
> seeds over it all.
>
> We could learn a lot about teamwork and spirit from them all.
>
> Toby http://patternliteracy.com
What a milestone event! Just amazing! Thanks, Toby.
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