Gen Z Permies

Silas Rempel wrote:Generation Z, colloquially known as Zoomers, is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha. Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years. Wikipedia

^ I had to look that up 😁

Hello everyone my name is Silvanus but most folks call me Silas or si. My dream is to have a permaculture homestead somewhere. Meet someone special and raise a family while hopefully raising pastured livestock and fruits and vegetables. My biggest challenge is I live on a small acerage that is completely surrounded by conventional row crop ag fields so my little garden gets a ton of chemical drift. Hoping to move soon and maybe start wwoofing to gain exsperience. Can't wait to meet more of y'all!!!

Cam Haslehurst wrote:

Silas Rempel wrote:Generation Z, colloquially known as Zoomers, is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha. Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years. Wikipedia

^ I had to look that up 😁

Hello everyone my name is Silvanus but most folks call me Silas or si. My dream is to have a permaculture homestead somewhere. Meet someone special and raise a family while hopefully raising pastured livestock and fruits and vegetables. My biggest challenge is I live on a small acerage that is completely surrounded by conventional row crop ag fields so my little garden gets a ton of chemical drift. Hoping to move soon and maybe start wwoofing to gain exsperience. Can't wait to meet more of y'all!!!

It sounds like you have pretty similar aspirations to my own! Whereabouts are you?

Silas Rempel wrote:

Cam Haslehurst wrote:

Silas Rempel wrote:Generation Z, colloquially known as Zoomers, is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha. Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years. Wikipedia

^ I had to look that up 😁

Hello everyone my name is Silvanus but most folks call me Silas or si. My dream is to have a permaculture homestead somewhere. Meet someone special and raise a family while hopefully raising pastured livestock and fruits and vegetables. My biggest challenge is I live on a small acerage that is completely surrounded by conventional row crop ag fields so my little garden gets a ton of chemical drift. Hoping to move soon and maybe start wwoofing to gain exsperience. Can't wait to meet more of y'all!!![/quote
It sounds like you have pretty similar aspirations to my own! Whereabouts are you?

Just north of Greenville Mississippi

Nowhere near me, but good to know there's another young person learning this stuff. Best of luck to you Silas.

Cam Haslehurst wrote:

Silas Rempel wrote:

Cam Haslehurst wrote:

Silas Rempel wrote:Generation Z, colloquially known as Zoomers, is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha. Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years. Wikipedia

^ I had to look that up 😁

Hello everyone my name is Silvanus but most folks call me Silas or si. My dream is to have a permaculture homestead somewhere. Meet someone special and raise a family while hopefully raising pastured livestock and fruits and vegetables. My biggest challenge is I live on a small acerage that is completely surrounded by conventional row crop ag fields so my little garden gets a ton of chemical drift. Hoping to move soon and maybe start wwoofing to gain exsperience. Can't wait to meet more of y'all!!![/quote
It sounds like you have pretty similar aspirations to my own! Whereabouts are you?

Just north of Greenville Mississippi

Nowhere near me, but good to know there's another young person learning this stuff. Best of luck to you Silas.

The same to you! God bless!!

Cam Haslehurst wrote:Hey James, thanks for posting this. I am definitely Gen Z as I was born in 1998. I am pretty much brand new to permaculture.

I learned about the state of our civilization and our planet around the end of last year and it shook me up quite a bit. For a few months I think I was depressed now that I look back on it now. My parents grew worried because I wasn't making all the dumb jokes I usually do and we eventually talked about it. From there I improved until I got to where I am today. Active Hope by Joanna Macy was and still is a big inspiration for me. "Hope is something you do, not something you have" she says. And she's right. The big change was going from waiting for humanity to do something to getting off my ass and doing something! I now consider myself a builder of whatever world follows this one. I see in my mind's eye of network of people fighting for our planet in diverse ways: some tell the story of ecological collapse or climate change, even if few listen. Others teach about how to survive and thrive in a changing world. Some fight to change or replace the corrupt systems that are in place now with something better. Many folks are getting to know local farmers, and starting to garden, and turning away from endless consumption. I see myself as just one tiny part of this growing network of people who are, in big or small ways, doing their part to love and protect our collective home. It's this thought that gets me out of bed in the morning and what drives me to do what I do.

As of now, I'm learning as much as I can about permaculture as possible. I am lined up to visit a permaculture homestead this summer and I am oh so excited to get my hands dirty and to soak up as much knowledge as I can. I hope some more folks respond to this thread, I am curious about how many younger folks there are out there.

James Landreth wrote:

Cam Haslehurst wrote:Hey James, thanks for posting this. I am definitely Gen Z as I was born in 1998. I am pretty much brand new to permaculture.

I learned about the state of our civilization and our planet around the end of last year and it shook me up quite a bit. For a few months I think I was depressed now that I look back on it now. My parents grew worried because I wasn't making all the dumb jokes I usually do and we eventually talked about it. From there I improved until I got to where I am today. Active Hope by Joanna Macy was and still is a big inspiration for me. "Hope is something you do, not something you have" she says. And she's right. The big change was going from waiting for humanity to do something to getting off my ass and doing something! I now consider myself a builder of whatever world follows this one. I see in my mind's eye of network of people fighting for our planet in diverse ways: some tell the story of ecological collapse or climate change, even if few listen. Others teach about how to survive and thrive in a changing world. Some fight to change or replace the corrupt systems that are in place now with something better. Many folks are getting to know local farmers, and starting to garden, and turning away from endless consumption. I see myself as just one tiny part of this growing network of people who are, in big or small ways, doing their part to love and protect our collective home. It's this thought that gets me out of bed in the morning and what drives me to do what I do.

As of now, I'm learning as much as I can about permaculture as possible. I am lined up to visit a permaculture homestead this summer and I am oh so excited to get my hands dirty and to soak up as much knowledge as I can. I hope some more folks respond to this thread, I am curious about how many younger folks there are out there.

They're out there, for sure (younger permaculture and activists in general)

I know a big challenge for our generation is access to land. But we've been coming up with all sorts of solutions to that across the board. Some people practice responsible guerilla planting. I volunteer to help religious groups set up food forests and pollinator gardens. Every bit helps, for sure. I've been so lucky to see as much progress as I have

I just want you all to know that you're not alone, and that there is hope, and that younger people like you have a seat at the table.

I'm far removed from your generation, but I'm happy to see that there are people your age interested in permaculture/homesteading/making the world a better place.  Thanks for that.

James Landreth wrote:

Cam Haslehurst wrote:Hey James, thanks for posting this. I am definitely Gen Z as I was born in 1998. I am pretty much brand new to permaculture.

I learned about the state of our civilization and our planet around the end of last year and it shook me up quite a bit. For a few months I think I was depressed now that I look back on it now. My parents grew worried because I wasn't making all the dumb jokes I usually do and we eventually talked about it. From there I improved until I got to where I am today. Active Hope by Joanna Macy was and still is a big inspiration for me. "Hope is something you do, not something you have" she says. And she's right. The big change was going from waiting for humanity to do something to getting off my ass and doing something! I now consider myself a builder of whatever world follows this one. I see in my mind's eye of network of people fighting for our planet in diverse ways: some tell the story of ecological collapse or climate change, even if few listen. Others teach about how to survive and thrive in a changing world. Some fight to change or replace the corrupt systems that are in place now with something better. Many folks are getting to know local farmers, and starting to garden, and turning away from endless consumption. I see myself as just one tiny part of this growing network of people who are, in big or small ways, doing their part to love and protect our collective home. It's this thought that gets me out of bed in the morning and what drives me to do what I do.

As of now, I'm learning as much as I can about permaculture as possible. I am lined up to visit a permaculture homestead this summer and I am oh so excited to get my hands dirty and to soak up as much knowledge as I can. I hope some more folks respond to this thread, I am curious about how many younger folks there are out there.

They're out there, for sure (younger permaculture and activists in general)

I know a big challenge for our generation is access to land. But we've been coming up with all sorts of solutions to that across the board. Some people practice responsible guerilla planting. I volunteer to help religious groups set up food forests and pollinator gardens. Every bit helps, for sure. I've been so lucky to see as much progress as I have