[GJM] Fw: [FixGov] Re: A Global Free Food System

[mary rose]

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From: Bill Ellis 
To: mary rose 
Cc: Discussion Forum for Global Justice ; FixGov at yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 4:11 AM
Subject: [FixGov] Re: A Global Free Food System

Bill writes in part: 

"Too many "experts" on the internet have no hands on experience. Too 
many do not walk their talk." 

mr:  This is what needs to change. In putting up a website focusing on
permaculture and getting to sustainable, self-reliant community , we 
would be very careful as to who or what group was featured on the 
website. 

What I have deduced from this message is that your community is one
of the first to fit the description of a CLIC.  

Now the challenge is to get the website up and running.     

with love and in gratitude for all that you do, Bill, and all that we do 
together.  mr. 

Read Bill's msg in full below. 


On 26, Jun 2008, at 3:12 PM, mary rose wrote:
>
> Bill, this [A Global Free Food System] is a good idea, but a little 
> short-sighted in that with the shortage of
> oil and fuel prices as they are, having people travel to be trained is 
> not a very
> efficient way to do this. 
BE:
For clarification, the GFFS is a community based system. Training is 
centered in the community and is oil saving.
Even in my small town there are not Permaculture experts and no 
nutrition experts. And certainly if few communities are there any full 
time nutrition/horticulture experts. The first goal is to get every 
community thinking about the coming food costs a do something about it.
> MR:
> ...this cannot be limited to just gardening, but must include 
> information
> on how to design and construct sustainable self-reliant communities, 
> while
> at the same time revitalizing ecosystems.
BE:
TRUE !
> MR:
> ... it would be better to have instructors travel to different 
> regions, rather than having students travel to learning centers. 
BE:
"Exchange" is the key concept. Seeing and cooperating with an existing 
system, like WWOOF, is a great way to learn and to be come an expert. 
Too many "experts" on the internet have no hands on experience. Too 
many do not walk their talk. 
Most of what I leaned about gardening came from digging in the dirt 
with such experts and Nearing, Mollisson, and at Gaviotas and CAT in 
Wales. I do seed exchange on the Internet but have learned very little 
practical knowledge.

 KEEP UP YOUR GOOD WORKS
Bill Ellis
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AGaianParadigm/files/


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