permaculture

["roxann" <roxann@ancientearthwisdom.com>]

My children are getting exposure to permaculture in some ways, I think. The 
main area where we are working with nature is with our water supply. Our 
water comes from 2 springs and during the dry months we have to be extra 
cautious about our usage. Before we moved here, there was never any thought 
about our water and how it is NOT an endless resource. Our water came from a 
well then, and seemed to be on tap with no end in sight. There was never a 
thought about how much we used at all. Now we have a very limited supply, but 
we are also using a gravity feed system, so we have the pleasure of running 
water with or without electricity. 

We are developing a system to use gray water to flush our toilet and irrigate 
our gardens, and a cascading pond system to further clean the water that 
leaves our septic system. I work in an environmental lab, so I can check our 
effectiveness at removing pollutants as often as needed. As a family, we have 
learned a lot about our impact on the water and how easily it can be 
contaminated and how hard it is to clean. 

My daughter recently used her horse to go to the nearest town, it took 3 
hours and the town is only 16 miles away - 6 miles of it fairly rugged dirt 
road. This was an eye-opening experience for her :)

Roxann, NW AR


>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Trudie Redding <tredding@mail.utexas.edu>
>  Subject: [permaculture] FW: children being exposed to permaculture etc.
>  Sent: 07 Sep '07 20:09
>  
>>  
>  Can we talk about this, no one ever brings up this and I don't see many
>  people exposing their children to for example washing clothes by hand or
>  using public transportation or making their own music , in other words
>  educating about electricity use and how it used to be known as
>  horsepower but before that it was people power, can we have some
>  discussion about some things you are seeing around you?