permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@bellsouth.net>]

Thomas Jahn wrote:
> to cite Sepp Holzer:
>
> We come into the world, usually in a sterile hospital where  
> immediately, our natural roots are cut. We are then inoculated and  
> nursed with a chemical cocktail and begin our journey into and through  
> an unnatural world, increasingly severed from Nature and from natural  
> processes. Instead, would not a natural birth in the circle of one's  
> family and a natural childhood be the correct start for the future  
> life of a young person? And should not every planetary citizen have  
> the birthright to their own piece of earth upon which they could  
> develop and maintain their essential need to be nurtured and sustained  
> by their natural environment? I maintain that a land reform which  
> confirms these realities is long overdue. By growing up in insulation  
> and isolation from Nature and our Mitlebewesen, the creatures co- 
> existing with us, we lose the natural relationship to our environment.  

> Growing up in symbiosis with plants, animals and humans, however,  
> enables an experience of meaningful belonging and sharpens the task  
> and ability to act as a thoughtful individual, the task of mastering  
> the challenge of Directing rather than Fighting. By observing the life  
> all around us, our Mitlebewesen, do we discover that Nature is perfect  
> already and that Creation has considered everyone; that everything is  
> in relationship one with the other and that there is nothing to improve.

Nicely said! Especially the very last sentence, laden with meaning:
"that there is nothing to improve" says a lot. Let us try to convince the
GMOngers of that inescapable fact :-)

Saving enough for all:
1) Population control is obviously an important key to improving the lot of 
humankind-at-large.
If one has access to his/her piece of land through direct ownership, common 
lnd or through community ownership,
then one has the responsibility to provide for those in one's immediate family circle; if this can not be accomplished 
then do not add more mouths to feed.

Political-economic challenge:
2) Resource sharing for the benefit of all mankind and the preservation and sustenance of Earth's environment that 
sustains us. This is where the in-depth practice of permaculture is so important for the long haul.