A Circle of Gifts. Wherever I go and ask people what is missing from their lives, the most common answer (if they are not impoverished or seriously ill) is "community.
" What happened to community, and why don't we have it any more? There are many reasons – the layout of suburbia, the disappearance of public space, the automobile and the television, the high mobility of people and jobs – and, if you trace the "why's" a few levels down, they all implicate the money system. More directly posed: community is nearly impossible in a highly monetized society like our own.
7th annual Tayberry Jam, August 3, 4, 5, 2012 : PCCN - PCCN.
The Bicyle City. Creating Change and Living off the Grid. If you have any interest in moving beyond the current system that we are playing with, it’s more than likely that you have heard the term “Living off the Grid”.
So what exactly does it mean? Nick Rosen, a living off the grid expert, sums up the term in an interview on “Coast to Coast” radio with George Noory very simply: “It means living independently, mainly living independently of the utility companies. Providing your own power. 2nd Green Revolution. A universal city in the making. Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser. Ecovillage at Ithaca.