One of the ways we promote more ecological living is to form eco-villages,
or eco-communities, or other ecological life-styles that involve a small
group of people purchasing land and water rights and learning, re-learning
to live simply and completely off the land.
Here's my question/concern: Who are the people who do this? White,
middle-class, well-educated people? (I fit this description, by the way)
What about the people who live in cities, or in towns who cannot afford
land, who have no habitable land around them? What happens to them when
there is an energy crunch and the eco-village people are doing just fine?
What happens when there isn't enough water in town?
My husband and I have debated for years about buying land - we live in
mid-Michigan (prime farmland with lots of available water), but we question
the ethics of it...
I'm NOT passing judgement! I'm asking for discussion.
Joan
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Joan Brausch
Gypsy Liturgist
Midland MI
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Gypsy Liturgist HomePage: http://www.pipeline.com/~brauschj
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"We are all wanderers on this earth, our hearts full of silver song, our
pockets deep with dreams." (Inspired by the gypsies of Romania)
