It's great that environmental videos and documentaries raise awareness about issues like: global warming, plastics in the ocean, vanishing coral reefs, destruction of the Amazon, and so on.
But it often seems that something is missing: what can we do about it? Practically nobody even addresses that. So you watch these documentaries and you just feel angry, and helpless, and frustrated.
Permaculture actually gives you a place to start. A plan where people can live differently, and thereby mitigate the environmental destruction. A way to find a network of people with similar interests.
Anyway, just thought I'd mention it - meaningless drivel.
I agree with the principle. The endless angst of watching everything that is wrong is poison to the soul.
The personal act of putting a shovel in the ground is the antidote, to a degree. I can't fix the world, but I can fix my little corner of it. Take that, System!
I think it's amazing what you can accomplish by showing an example that works. Plant that big-idea seed.
Yeah, there's something about physically doing something in the soil that cuts through the doom. Doesn't matter if it's a tiny raised bed, you're still producing something instead of just consuming more content about how bad things are.
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Why not share the knowledge of how folks can help.
Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Everyone learns what works by learning what doesn't work. Stephen Herrod Buhner
I can't fix the world, but I can fix my little corner of it.
From what little I have read from Bill Mollison, the permaculture movement is, ultimately, beyond that.
His vision seemed to be a global network of homesteads and ecovillages.
I would not expect anything like that overnight. But, at least it's a direction.
Bryant said, The great proponent of Permaculture, Bill Mollison, stated in his treatise “The aim to create systems that are ecologically sound and Economically Viable” as the prime goal of Permaculture.
Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Everyone learns what works by learning what doesn't work. Stephen Herrod Buhner