Old Project Avalon Forum (ARCHIVE) - View Single Post - A Primer on What It Takes To Grow, 'Your Own'...

Lance · 10-09-2008, 10:21 PM

""I THINK THAT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA: SELF-SUFFICIENCY""

"First of all, I think that's a terrible concept: self-sufficiency. You make your own cheese; you skin your own pig; you make your own gloves from the pig's ears, you know, it's a shocking idea. We are absolutely interdependent. I want somebody else to be making my boots while I feed them, you know. And somebody else again to make my fishing rod, car, bike. Self-sufficiency is a stupid idea. You can go a long way to feeding yourself or perhaps all the way, but beyond that, it's pretty stupid really. You have to have something to make money: photography, writing books. Me, I write books. That's my income. But I can easily feed myself."

More Here: http://www.seedsofchange.com/be_orga..._interview.asp

Another great read, it'll pop a few bubbles here fortunately or not...

"In 1972, I did that thing where you leave society. I bought five acres in the forest, made a little clearing of about an acre and a half in there and built a house and a barn and a garden and pulled out of society generally. I thought up permaculture. I broke through when I started to think that if I took all the principles of environmental science and made them into directives that tell you what to do, then we've got a way to go."

10-09-2008, 10:21 PM	#3
Lance Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: South Coastal British Columbia Posts: 183	Re: A Primer on What It Takes To Grow, 'Your Own'... ""I THINK THAT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA: SELF-SUFFICIENCY"" "First of all, I think that's a terrible concept: self-sufficiency. You make your own cheese; you skin your own pig; you make your own gloves from the pig's ears, you know, it's a shocking idea. We are absolutely interdependent. I want somebody else to be making my boots while I feed them, you know. And somebody else again to make my fishing rod, car, bike. Self-sufficiency is a stupid idea. You can go a long way to feeding yourself or perhaps all the way, but beyond that, it's pretty stupid really. You have to have something to make money: photography, writing books. Me, I write books. That's my income. But I can easily feed myself." More Here: http://www.seedsofchange.com/be_orga..._interview.asp Another great read, it'll pop a few bubbles here fortunately or not... "In 1972, I did that thing where you leave society. I bought five acres in the forest, made a little clearing of about an acre and a half in there and built a house and a barn and a garden and pulled out of society generally. I thought up permaculture. I broke through when I started to think that if I took all the principles of environmental science and made them into directives that tell you what to do, then we've got a way to go."