"Shhhh, Don't say PERMACULTURE!" -is the way I was thinking I would title my first new Permies post. Vital in this context because it provides a launchpad for a discussion about our deeper purposes and collective reasoning. You know, the actual permanent part, Chapter 14.
I am not a horticulturist, but an infrastructure guy and a soil building realist. I grapple with the fact that so many people around the world are suffering badly. Most are fighting against a broken system and invisible enemies. Today, (10/1/2006,) Paris is literally burning down. Throughout Europe and the world, people are fervently 'marching' against government trespass via legislative overreach. A better tactic would have been to skip school and work, power down the stupid 'devices' and just stay home.
Speaking of the home front; if downsizing for survival means moving into "the Boxes" you can count me out! Most of our Metropolitan cities have become unlivable. These places inherently depreciate people's lives. Everyone's individuality, sensitivity and creativity (read grasp of reality) is deliberately being diminished in a sea of mindless regularity.
So, we go looking for an affordable piece of land. Maybe we'll explore Missouri, or the Ozark Mountains. Or, maybe it dawns on us that it takes vision and cooperation to build a fully livable community. One that isn't so far from home.
