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  • From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Aspiring food and energy self-reliant community
  • Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:24:18 -0700


Much there I have to agree with. However, in our corner we try to learn as
much as teach, to see as much as we demonstrate. We don't actually feel
those who part company or dismiss our advice are unsustainable. There's no
scale of "sustainableness" we know of.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 11/2/2008 at 3:32 PM Laurie Ann Powell wrote:

>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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