Comments on: Letters from Chile – Building Community Around a Permaculture University http://permaculture.org.au/2010/05/20/letters-from-chile-building-community-around-a-permaculture-university/ Permaculture News, Commentary and Worldwide Projects. Tue, 22 May 2012 06:34:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Øyvind Holmstad http://permaculture.org.au/2010/05/20/letters-from-chile-building-community-around-a-permaculture-university/#comment-50059 Øyvind Holmstad Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:21:48 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3125#comment-50059 NB!!!! The link Craig posted in the article and I reposted in my post, for the book Creating a Life Together, is down. You can still find the book using this link: http://www.dianaleafechristian.org/creating.html NB!!!! The link Craig posted in the article and I reposted in my post, for the book Creating a Life Together, is down. You can still find the book using this link: http://www.dianaleafechristian.org/creating.html

]]> By: Øyvind Holmstad http://permaculture.org.au/2010/05/20/letters-from-chile-building-community-around-a-permaculture-university/#comment-48183 Øyvind Holmstad Thu, 20 May 2010 06:39:38 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3125#comment-48183 Thank you very much for this link Craig: http://www.ecobrain.com/product_info.php?products_id=1002&it=1&filters=0&manufacturers_id=217 I'll order this book as soon I get back from my holidays! Also I think it's more difficult to create sustainable communities here in the western countries, because people are just so individualistic. I think the individualism is not so extreme in South-America like here. Anyway I cannot see how one can transform the communities here from within, because they are made 100 % wrong, they are completely fabricated and artificial, especially the houses. Maybe the best thing simply is to give up our western communities and move to South-America? It is like we design for dying here, it's all so hopeless. Anyway, read this interview with Bill Mollison and you'll understand what I mean: http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC28/Mollison.htm Thank you very much for this link Craig: http://www.ecobrain.com/product_info.php?products_id=1002&it=1&filters=0&manufacturers_id=217

I’ll order this book as soon I get back from my holidays! Also I think it’s more difficult to create sustainable communities here in the western countries, because people are just so individualistic. I think the individualism is not so extreme in South-America like here.

Anyway I cannot see how one can transform the communities here from within, because they are made 100 % wrong, they are completely fabricated and artificial, especially the houses. Maybe the best thing simply is to give up our western communities and move to South-America? It is like we design for dying here, it’s all so hopeless. Anyway, read this interview with Bill Mollison and you’ll understand what I mean:

http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC28/Mollison.htm

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