Growing our civilisation, bright idea: Community Gardens
HOW TO OUT-CREATE TYRANNY AND HAVE SOME FUN WHILE DOING IT
“Ideas, not battles, mark the forward progress of Mankind” L Ron Hubbard
The best answer to tyranny is to out-create it.
Our most pro-survival course of action – the millions of us who care about our families, neighbourhoods, communities and planet – is to get busy growing our new civilisation.
I say “grow” because it must burgeon organically from the grass roots of our human community, nurtured, nourished and energised by We, The People according to our desires, hopes and dreams and what fulfills and enriches our lives – as opposed to being inflicted upon is by a parasitic echelon of know-best psychopaths and dimwits.
One of the activities through which that growth of community can occur is the Community Garden and similar projects.
Again, these are not imposed or inflicted on us but spring self-determined from our love of our planet and of one another. And from our sense of creation and fun.
So please take a look at this idea as expressed by the Food Revolution Network and see if it inspires you.
As someone who for the past year or so has been involved in a similar project, I can vouch for how much fun and fulfillment can be had, not to mention delicious and healthy food.
So, I received this brie message from the Food Revolution Network, linked to the following article:
“Community gardens can be a great way to increase food security, improve public health, and even reduce crime rates. They can bring people together, pull folks out of poverty, and contribute to a healthier environment.
“So what are the different types of community gardens? How can you get involved? And why does it matter?”
Community Gardens Are Growing Health, Food, & Opportunity
SUMMARY
Community gardens are a great way to increase food security, improve public health, and even reduce crime rates. With a variety of setups, locations, and goals, they can play an important role in making healthy, ethical, and sustainable food available to ever more people.
Here’s a quote I love from permaculture founder Bill Mollison: “All the world’s problems can be solved in a garden.”
Hyperbolic? Maybe a little. But consider the problems you’ll find in parts of many cities: unlivable wages; lack of access to healthy food, and the poor health outcomes that come from that; water and air pollution; and struggling families, communities, and economies. I’d argue — and there’s plenty of research to back it up — that community gardens can help address all of these.
And it’s not just in urban areas. Community gardens can work wonders in suburbs and rural areas as well.
In this article, we’ll look at what community gardens can accomplish, and offer some ways for you to get involved in this growing (pun intended!) movement.