For some reason I cannot post a reply from http://hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2835802#post2835802 so I will post here. The whole self-sufficient /simple living is right up my street and I have been living a degree of self-sufficiency for a number of years. While it is not essential to practise simple living to be a hippy, it kinda surprises me when I have been to hippy festivals that there is relatively little interest in simple living. To give examples I attended a workshop on biodynamics where I was one of eight people. I had the feeling that I was the only one with any practical experience of growing food. For those who don’t know biodynamics was devised by Rudolf Steiner, is a more particular version of organic growing with an element of theosophy thrown in. He very much advocated re-aligning with nature just as Alicia Bay Laurel does. Workshops on such things as Tantra or the Zen method of attracting your perfect partner usually draw 100 -150 people. There is an analogous level of interest show here at HF. I will be visiting this forum on a regular basis. It does not matter if it does not get a great deal of traffic. It would belong quite comfortably as an Environment sub-forum should the main page become over crowded. The Ethics sub-forum of Philosophy & Religion forum only has 33 threads in it. So what? Like you say, Skip, it is quality, not quantity of writing that counts.
It's good to see that folks are becoming more aware of going more self-sufficient. My hubby and I just moved into our new place a year ago, and doing our best to do more for the earth than just composting and recycling. We've set up some solar panels, and have a water-recycling system set up in the house. We're also looking at a few other eco-friendly ways to 'green' our home.
hi there! I would love to be self sufficient but i live in an apartment with a north facing balcony so no sun so I haven't attempted to grow any veg as I think it would fail miserably! Any tips on how to get started?
check around, a lot of time local universities and municipalities will provide a "community garden" that you can sign up to get space
I'm growing my own garden of tomatoes, lettuce, and peppers, though I'm far from self-sufficient. Getting there, though...
