Welcome Jim!!!

Welcome to Permission, Jim!!! Glad to have you in the mix! KUDOS for writing your book!!! Community is the key to many facets of everyday life and giving society a 'blueprint' (your book) to achieve a better lifestyle within your Community is definitely a breath of fresh air!!! Thank You for caring and sharing!!! Positive Vibrations...Mike

I am interested in this book, for I feel for my grandson and his grandchildren will need connection as the world is becoming more separating with technology and right now this virus.  I'm starting over at 57, had a little setback with some pulmonary embolisms. My plans got way laid this year, but, next I plan on doing a lot of gardening and donating to food pantries.  I am in a small town now, bought this place at tax sale, crazy cheap and remodeling at snail pace, lol. Anyway, the world of my kids is so much different and distanced than human contact and sense of community that I experienced in another small town in the Midwest. These community building ideas I find facinating and so simple once started. Kind of like the old town church of many years ago. A place to meet and be part of nature, get some edible items and communicate live with others.  I'm planning on making a green house and becoming less dependent on the stores for produce. Also to be able to share produce in the city that they don't get at the food pantries. This economy is collapsing and more and more will need assistance and teaching building a community effort and support system with be necessary moving forward, in my opinion.

Susan Dobbins wrote:I am interested in this book, for I feel for my grandson and his grandchildren will need connection as the world is becoming more separating with technology and right now this virus.  I'm starting over at 57, had a little setback with some pulmonary embolisms. My plans got way laid this year, but, next I plan on doing a lot of gardening and donating to food pantries.  I am in a small town now, bought this place at tax sale, crazy cheap and remodeling at snail pace, lol. Anyway, the world of my kids is so much different and distanced than human contact and sense of community that I experienced in another small town in the Midwest. These community building ideas I find facinating and so simple once started. Kind of like the old town church of many years ago. A place to meet and be part of nature, get some edible items and communicate live with others.  I'm planning on making a green house and becoming less dependent on the stores for produce. Also to be able to share produce in the city that they don't get at the food pantries. This economy is collapsing and more and more will need assistance and teaching building a community effort and support system with be necessary moving forward, in my opinion.

Susan,

Thank you for your thoughtful and kind comment. Many of your current efforts I have undertaken over the years.   I also grew up in LA but now live in a small town in New Hampshire where social capital and quality of life is a driver for decision making (not higher income, larger home, etc.)  You may also wish to get connected with your local university if they have community outreach efforts that you can support.  Here is one of the community outreach efforts that my university grew with faculty and students...to help grow healthy food and provide food to our local food shelf/community kitchen in Keene, NH.   https://www.antioch.edu/new-england/resources/centers-institutes/keene-community-garden-connections/
All of these bottom-up community efforts are grounded in growing or building community capital (social, human, natural, and cultural).  These types of efforts inspired our writing of this book   (https://buildingcommunity12principles.squarespace.com/.

Best... Jim

Michael Curtice wrote:Welcome to Permission, Jim!!! Glad to have you in the mix! KUDOS for writing your book!!! Community is the key to many facets of everyday life and giving society a 'blueprint' (your book) to achieve a better lifestyle within your Community is definitely a breath of fresh air!!! Thank You for caring and sharing!!! Positive Vibrations...Mike

Michael,

Thank you.  I appreciate your comment on the book.  I also want to clarify that the ideas/concepts shared in the book are not my insights but, more accurately, the sharing of the lessons learned from hundreds of others from around the world who have been successful with improving their community's health, environmental conditions, food, livelihoods, and social capital.  We can all learn from others who are dedicated to improving their community so that all community members benefit, including the next generations.

Jim