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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Re: green Christmas
  • Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 00:45:06 -0800

Michael Kramer wrote:

I believe that the telling of stories about the kind of man Jesus was would
instantly teach the lessons of voluntary simplicity, service, and humility,
qualities which deserve attention in a country which generally lacks them.
In that spirit, if people are so inclined to give as a way to observe the
holiday, community service is a terrific way to do so - take a class of
children down to the local river to study its ecology. If one is more
inclined to give a tangible object, the most regenerative gifts I've ever
received are handmade ones which reflect of the soul of the giver and remind
me of the wonderful feeling of being connected to another person.

As an example of carrying out what you have suggested look at the work Jimmy
and Rosalind Carter
are doing, Jimmy in Africa working on a multiplicity of projects and issues
and Rosalind working
with global mental health issues.

Jimmy is working to improve the prodduction capacity of 600000 African
farmers working plots of land
1-2 acres on average. He claims to have tripled to quadrupled their farm
production. I wonder who is working
with him to accomplish this and what methods and materials, tools and
equipment are being employed. Are they
promoting Permaculture along with innovative ag methods; do they use
Permaculture teachers? He was interviewed
one PBS' Charlie Rose Show last night and talked at length about his aand
Rosalind's work.

LL
--
L.F.London
lfl@intrex.net
http://market-farming.com
http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech




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