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  • 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.
>
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