ecological sovereignty community !?

Anyone, to launch collective ecological sovereignty? I long ago declared myself an individual sovereign governed first & foremost by ecological laws of nature & least by historical legacy + forces destroying the future. I live & work within that as best as humanly possible while still associating with everyone around me & carefully avoiding conflict with anyone opposed. It's been a five decade adventure & I carry on-ward & up-ward in unshakeable belief one day everyone will be rushing this direction. Connect, discuss, collaborate?

Patrik, this resonates with me. Even when I was very young, I preferred Nature over people, natural spaces over walls. If I could drop everything, move to the mountains and live in harmony with Mother Earth, I would w/o a second blink. I wish EVERYONE viewed Earth & Nature as places that we belong to, and not the other way around.  Governments (no matter the country) are always fighting over "rights" to resources, spaces, etc. They assume ownership over Earth, rather than belonging to her. And the few (uber-wealthy, governments, corporations) have done NOTHING but r@pe this planet, taking, taking, taking, and never stopping to realize they have NO other place to go. Once they ruin this planet for their own gain, greed, agendas; they have nothing.

I digress.  This is a deeply aching subject to me - if you can't tell  All I want is to get out of the city, return home to Earth and all her wisdom and abundance.  Thank you for your post.  I really do appreciate your stand.  --Tess

Thanks Tess.  I've mostly been in cities too, radically laying/ living/ working low, though with backcountry activities, provisioning, + site projects.  What I'm talking about is we all collaborate however we can wherever we are whatever we're doing to grow something that survives & eventually replaces what's been the discernible direction for decades.  Civilisation tried for millenia & came forcibly out of myriad approaches.  Back to The Garden!

Yes!  I would love to take permaculture to all the apartment complexes where I live. Show the owners/landlords/managers how to open their land to tenants and be used to extend Nature, growing spaces and connections. I truly believe the outdoors connects us to each other.  What would it look like if neighbors started coming OUTSIDE to speak w/each other, about their little garden spots, about what they are doing, learning, need, etc.?  

It would be a revolution towards peace & abundance I believe.  People are siloed into their homes, apartments, the city. Away from Nature, away from true knowledge.  

But I also really want to run to the mountains... I realize I may sound a little like I have no idea what I want. But I just want people to reconnect to Nature, to Earth, to themselves & each other.

You can do it all, some here, some there, some that moves you & others between & beyond.  Each of us has our place(s), our circumstances, our directions, our movements, our improvements, adding up, if we will, to greater than the sum of the parts.  Much less bad, much more good, is especially helpful.

Well said, Patrik!!  Well said.  It takes small actions that build up over time, leading to bigger impacts that benefit more & more - the ecosystems, the people, the food we eat...

For me it's been the greatest challenge to essentially have been reduced to doing it all mostly alone, very little of family, little of friends, few working connections out there, seeking & hoping that passing just the setup of technical solutions to only our young son is not my fate.

I can understand where you are coming from, only from the other side.  I have me, my two kiddos and three grandkiddos.  We are small, but tight. Sadly, all I want for us is to have space where we can work hard together, grow our own abundance, learn from and live with Nature and have my grandkids grow up the way I did, surrounded by nature, running through woods & fields, building forts and making memories. The city does not promote being neighborly, let alone time and space to truly connect to our Earth.

I'm sorry to hear that you've been going it alone.  It is a hard way to go through life...I know personally.  It is a blessing to have found permies.com as I feel like I have found a kindred community (albeit online) that has very similar values as us.  It would be even better to actually connect in person with people of like mind. I hope that you are able to find a small, trustworthy and supportive group where you are, not just online, but even one good person to share with in person.  It is a lonely place to be 'surrounded' by others and yet still be alone.  I'll keep you in my thoughts between our posts.  --Tess

Thanks again, though by alone I mean doing the work for ecological sustainability, regeneration, subsistence, resilience.  My wife's a doctor & my son an 8th grader.  We live together & are close, they tolerate my pursuits, but they could care less about growing our own food.  He does like the primitive skills, survival, fire making, bow hunting, forging, only until it's screen time.  She likes to hike.  Neither much into camping.  Everyone else we know, blood or beyond, is pretty conventional if not rapacious.  I'm not complaining, as much as lamenting the lack of community, & this call is about taking a position in relation to civilisation, "sovereign" states, ruling elites, warmongers, & the endgame.