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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] sustainable communities
  • Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 12:53:17 -0600


Excellent, Anna. I've never seen such a place.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 5/29/2008 at 11:16 AM anna Lorrai wrote:

>Even if people lived in cities there are ways to grow food. I few days
>ago I watched Bill Mollisons " Global Gardener " on Youtube. In the urban
>section he showed many city farmers but the most impressive to me was the
>forward thinking developer in Davis California. This development has many
>homes but is built in such a way that the commons are self watering and
>growing food bearing trees. The children can ride their bikes about on the
>bike paths, pick fresh fruit and it is a very beautiful place to live. If
>more developers would build with self sufficiency in mind there would be
>less "Need"
> .
> Where I used to live the electric company gave a piece of land to mental
>health. On this lot they set up a garden and nursery that was run by
>disabled people. You could also volunteer and get fresh vegies. They
>sold seedlings and plants to the public and greens and vegies to local
>restaurants and groceries. These kinds of community projects help people
>get a sense of self worth, create community, and provide learning and
>opportunities to the disabled who can work at their own pace without
>stress, not to mention food for the public. I would love to see more of
>this kind of planning in communities instead of just developing for the
>$$$$. Anna
>






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