permaculture

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The following is the first paragraph of the serenity pray by Reinhold 
Nieber.? Twelve Step Groups have widely adopted this bit of wisdom.? It 
resonates for me when looking at the insane world we confront.? If anybody is 
uncomfortable with the first word drop it or substitute another word.


God grant me the serenity 
to accept the things I cannot change; 
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference. 

We live in a scarey world where many are engaged in acts that could lead to 
the destruction of world civilization. We can and should do what we can to 
spread the word on using permaculture design to fix some of the worst of the 
destructive treatment of the planet our species is engaged in, but some 
things are out of our control.? We need awareness of the insanity, but then 
we need to move on each do in our way what we can to counteract the 
mainstream global culture's destructive tendencies? and provide postive 
alternative ways to live sustainably. 

In the end we may be the like the monks and nuns of the dark ages by 
providing the seeds of knowledge around which a sane life can be built after 
the crash.? The nuns and monks?provided centers of safety where some learning 
was preserved and where food and medicine was available. Around these centers 
European civlization re-coalesced.? Many towns and cities were built near 
these small sustainable islands.


-----Original Message-----
From: Tommy Tolson <healinghawk@earthlink.net>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 9:33 pm
Subject: [permaculture] "We've got suicidal idiots in charge."



According to Colin Mason, Bill Mollison (Mason spells it "Morrison," for 
some reason) said that in the August, 2005 /Sydney Sun-Herald/.
Have things changed since August, 2005?
Isn't the statement true, on July 1, 2007?
Aren't suicidal idiots still in charge?
What do we do about that?

Tommy Tolson
Austin, TX
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