Subject: [Homestead] Positive thinking is going on, too.
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:02:18 -0700
Regarding the fate of the future, The NYT has a pertinent piece,
titled Saving the Suburbs, by Allison Arieff. The second segment is at:
http://arieff.blogs.nytimes.com/
Here are the last two graphs:
In keeping with this apparent new era of personal responsibility, the
only-slightly-tongue-in-cheek collective Wannastartacommune.com
started by Stephanie Smith, Buckminster Fuller-acolyte and founder of
the green design lab, Ecoshack, gives a new attitude to an old idea,
urging residents of cul de sacs or condos to come together with their
neighbors to share resources. Suggestions for collaboration include a
shared compost pile, weekly potlucks, neighborhood recycling programs,
barter services and shared childcare. Their pilot project,Cul-de-Sac
communes, is already underway.
This tendency — let’s call it extreme neighborliness — is so old-
fashioned as to seem innovative. Startlingly basic and wholly
actionable, it’s a bright spot in a dark time.
Gene GeRue
www.RURALIZE.com
[Homestead] Positive thinking is going on, too.,
Gene GeRue, 02/04/2009