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["Michele May" <mmay.lmft@cox.net>]

Dear Gaden or is it Gaiden:

What you did with that man was wonderful.  This is something I would
like to learn.  Who or what do I look for in a guide?  Are there any
such persons in CT in the Hartford county area?

Thanks:

Michele

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Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 7:48 AM
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Subject: [permaculture] Where do those people go?

A couple of years ago, I met an elderly man who was complaining that his
social security money had not come through on time. He was worried about
not having enough for food. So I spent a couple of hours taking him on a
tour around the neighbourhood parks & vacant lots. We found a basket
full of different herbs, veggies, fruit growing wild (escapees).

We repeated the exercise over the next couple of weeks, attracting
several other attendees as well. They were all amazed at how much was
freely available. And food is only one example of many.

Yeah, perhaps people can move to new pastures. Perhaps new technology
(and ancient techs.) may come on line. But the fear is that the
wastefulness will continue and people will unnecessarily decimate to the
limits of available resources. The problem isn't always availability of
resources but how we use what we already have.


Gaiden
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