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Re: [Livingontheland] Aspiring food and energy self-reliant community
- From: Dawne Nuri <getdawne@mmparrish.com>
- To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Aspiring food and energy self-reliant community
- Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:43:06 -0500
wow laurie. how beautifully said. thank you. you are an inspiration. dawne > From: laurie@powellclan.com > To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org > Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 15:32:03 -0600 > Subject: [Livingontheland] Aspiring food and energy self-reliant community > > It is possible that such a community could work, but by and large most > of them fizzle out over time, as they are based on non-organic > relationships. (and of course, some of them get busted by government > agents.) > > We have decided instead to create a "community within the community" > with an outward spreading vision. > > Rather than trying to get people to "join" something, we try to share > some aspect of food production and self reliance with everyone we meet. > When we discover someone with an interest, we connect with them in a > very loose way, for example helping them find the whole food sources > they are particularly interested in, teaching them skills they don't > have and passing on information about the holistic lifestyle. Over > time, we trust people according to their willingness to embrace the > principles we have. Long term, we hope to know who we can trust, should > the apocalypse really come to pass. > > We greatly increase the number of people we can exchange with. It also > means there is no "commitment" to break. They either act on what we give > them or not, but they aren't "joining" anything, so they don't "quit" > anything if they decide, for example, they can't give up their > unsustainable life. > > In other words, we are trying to be an underground vining community > rather than a row-based community +.+ > > Laurie Ann > Posing as an ordinary housewife. > > _______________________________________________ > Livingontheland mailing list > Livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/livingontheland Want to read Hotmail messages in Outlook? The Wordsmiths show you how. Learn Now |
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[Livingontheland] Aspiring food and energy self-reliant community,
Twoearthandsky, 11/02/2008
- Re: [Livingontheland] Aspiring food and energy self-reliant community, Tradingpost, 11/02/2008
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[Livingontheland] Aspiring food and energy self-reliant community,
Laurie Ann Powell, 11/02/2008
- Re: [Livingontheland] Aspiring food and energy self-reliant community, Dawne Nuri, 11/02/2008
- Re: [Livingontheland] Aspiring food and energy self-reliant community, TradingPostPaul, 11/02/2008
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