Helen asks…
Why do estate/project residents not act like hippies, no mugging instead community sustainable living doing up
Lets see the excuse of the muggers, gangs, jukies, chavs, yobs, joyriders and associated scum is that on estates they are all poor, have no jobs, bored etc.
Im sorry so are hippy types living in squats and communies etc.
But unlike the estate scum these poor folk dont fight each other to see who gets to be top dog of respect and rob each other.
They work togehter as a team doing up their squats, operating sustainable living.
Pulling matterials out of skips to fix up the homes, they have community parties with no guns, they look out for each other, share skills, build community centres.
Have raves where they run generators on home made alcohol and cars or methane. Decorate the place on the cheap.
Say have a party where with one UV strip light and flourescent paper and UV string they can produce great effects putting scraps of flourectent material, sting and sticks they mach glow chandelerers.
Trading skills etc.
So why not on estates. They have time & people
Taking it in turn to run the creche so people can go out or to work.
Pooling together skills from what was taught in school.
Say if you cant afford petrol/diesel creating a bio diesel cracker or still to make alcohol not to get wasted on but as fuel.
Swapping skills to say do up the estate and decorate it in pretty colours whilst others sort food.
You jhave lots of bored unemplyed people often with skills.
Including mothers at home who could be doing this at home. and trading skills and abilities.
Scavenging what they can.
And instead of expensive nightclubs. Putting on raves. Working out how to sound proof the place.
All you have to do is convert ot eleiminate (dont matter how)the preditory scum who are the only reason the estate is poor.
As if the place is doen up nice and peaceful and safe people want to bring business and jobs in
And te big hard guys can make themselves useful lugging heavey stuff (good to impress ladies with muscells) or keeping out the dealers(ie crack and smack nasty ones not somones home made muschrooms and 70s strenght dope), muggers and other scum like a police support group
The Expert answers:
True hippies have always stood for love, understanding, co-operation, and self-reliance as a community.
Joseph asks…
Organic, Sustainable Living Products – Where to buy?
I like to use organic, sustainable products… paraben-free, etc… any good sites to share? I do already read the posts from Debra Lynn Dadd: http://www.dld123.com/ and I’m a fan of 7th Generation stuff. Just looking for more good stuff/recommendations, at a good price.
The Expert answers:
I’d try Wal-Mart!
David asks…
Does anyone else practice sustainable living?
Sustainable living, homesteading, etc. Who practices such lifestyles (maybe not full scale off the grid homesteading) and what do you do?
For example, we raise chickens and pigs, have a large vegetable and fruit garden and just built windmills on our property.
Roseagle: check out this link: http://www.instructables.com/id/Ted-Baer_s-Bicycle-Wheel-Windmill/
Thank you for your response, we just got goats last month and I am learning all about them! Du cks might be next because we are having quite a slug problem!
We collect worm castings as well, they are a big help with our hot boxes in the winter!
The Expert answers:
We have been living on a farm for seven years. These are just some of the things we do:
We grow most of our own vegetables and fruits. We sometimes slaughter animals for eating, or we eat wild caught game. We heat our home with wood from our own trees. We have a winter garden and eat fresh greens from it during the winter. We have a worm bin that produces castings which we use for starting plants in the spring, instead of buying potting soil. Our chickens live on deep letter which also makes soil for the garden. We compost all our scraps and garden waste. We produce hay right here for the animals to eat. We buy organic grains for our animals. We milk our goats and make cheese and other things from the milk. We do no-till gardening, so as not to upset the upper layers of the soil. We raise sheep for wool.
Preserving food is a way of life for us, and this includes drying and salting meats in the old style, and also a few non-conventional preservation methods. We bake our won bread from whole, organic grains (which we buy), because nutritional value is preserved in the whole grain. We would love to build a wood-fired brick oven.
We also keep bees, which is a favorite project of mine. Another thing I am very interested in is collecting wild herbs to make tinctures for medicinal use. I grow certain herbs for this same reason. We are also considering tapping the sugar maples for syrup, since we were recently given the equipment to do so.
We homeschool.
In short, our lives are home-centered. Because of milking, we are always near the farm, or at least one of us has to be. When we consider the alternative of accepting whatever turns up at the supermarket, we know there is no turning back for us. Every year we learn and do more new things. For example,this year we added ducks because they love to eat slugs.
Many people talk about this lifestyle as being “the simple life”. In truth, it is hard work. Many people seem to admire our lifestyle, but when it comes right down to it, there are few of us who are actually walking the walk.
Your windmill project sounds very interesting. I would like to know more about this.
Tonight we are expecting the first hard frost of the season. I could go on about this for a long while, but for now, I have work to do!
PS) Feeding goats at a rate of 1 cup of grain/ day in the winter keeps them in milk. We have one goat that is has been in milk for three years straight, and two that are in their second year.
PPS) Thanks for the link. Since we are not supposed to chat here, I have allowed email contact on my account. You can contact me with your email, if you wish, and maybe we can share more ideas.
Richard asks…
DOes anyone know of a sustainable living book,?
which includes how to build your own natural shelter, how to make compost bins, gardening and other things like that?
The Expert answers:
The Valley of the Dolls
http://vos.ucsb.edu/index.asp
http://www.aresearchguide.com/
http://www.geocities.com/athens/troy/886…
Http://www.studentresearcher.com/search/…
Http://www.chacha.com/
William asks…
what some pros and cons of sustainable living?
The Expert answers:
Cons, it requires work.
Pros, feel better about what your doing to the planet
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