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Finally, all the construction, both roof and street, are finished. Quiet has returned. Now if we could only do something about the weather. I've mentioned previously that we've been experiencing unusual weather here. Temperatures are milder than normal. In fact, it has been raining hard since late last night. Strong winds are creating almost vertical walls of water. It is a good thing we got the roof fixed, otherwise, I'd be sitting in a puddle with a fried computer. Looking out the window, I can see the white caps smash over the breakwall, it is hard not to think about floods and other natural disasters when you see the amount of water that is falling. Change is in the air.
It is important to determine an area's food needs in order to determine how much you need to produce and also how many members your farm coop may need. If we begin to think in terms of keeping the worldfed rather than feeding the hungry we begin to change the way we look at food distribution. Focus on it as a local situation and develop ways and means to meet the needs locally. This allows for the necessary diversity that guarantees food security. If you add a barter system such as LETS to the mix you are moving towards self-reliance while changing the nature fo work and your community. If we think about possible castrophes such as Y2K and the more pessimistic outcomes they may bring, maybe we can see that we have become overdependent upon techonologies which we do not control and which depend themselves upon the power system for their and perhaps, our survival. Take this little test, ask yourself, if the job you hold now existed before 1940, if it did then you may be okay, if it didn't and the worse case scenario happens what will you do? We need to look at our work and consider the possibilities. Go To Page: 1
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