http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/08/28/benefits-of-urban-homesteading/ One family's journey towards a sustainable, more self sufficient life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:08:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/08/28/benefits-of-urban-homesteading/comment-page-1/#comment-15524 KK Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:01:42 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/?p=5093#comment-15524 There is a hunger in the human to be more purposeful, yet this modern world has bred the human to be a consumer, totally dependant on large outside inputs. Thus, the hour commute, the crazy mortgage, the out-of-touch lifestyle, and meaninglessness of it all. And all signs point to system collapse...airlines, Detroit auto industry, global finance, food, water, animal extinction, climate....the list goes on and on. We're trapped..it's getting harder and stranger by the day... You are leading this urban homestead movement, and I appreciate your sharing the journey. If each of us can become more self-sufficient, it would make it easier to be better neighbors, because we are interdependant, social creatures that needs community to get anything done! . Remember, we are also beneficiaries of the "stuff" that cheap oil gave us...all the inventions that came before us...So no matter how self-sufficient we'd love to be, we need to be grateful for all "stuff" we use everyday....all the inventions and hard work that made a lot of things easier today...made us dependant on, even though the final cost of all the inventions and consumer goods is out of whack. So we need to help our fellow neighbors and teach eachother some old fashioned skills to try to survive these coming hardships. Thanks for your hard work and sharing. There is a hunger in the human to be more purposeful, yet this modern world has bred the human to be a consumer, totally dependant on large outside inputs. Thus, the hour commute, the crazy mortgage, the out-of-touch lifestyle, and meaninglessness of it all. And all signs point to system collapse...airlines, Detroit auto industry, global finance, food, water, animal extinction, climate....the list goes on and on. We're trapped..it's getting harder and stranger by the day...
You are leading this urban homestead movement, and I appreciate your sharing the journey. If each of us can become more self-sufficient, it would make it easier to be better neighbors, because we are interdependant, social creatures that needs community to get anything done! . Remember, we are also beneficiaries of the "stuff" that cheap oil gave us...all the inventions that came before us...So no matter how self-sufficient we'd love to be, we need to be grateful for all "stuff" we use everyday....all the inventions and hard work that made a lot of things easier today...made us dependant on, even though the final cost of all the inventions and consumer goods is out of whack. So we need to help our fellow neighbors and teach eachother some old fashioned skills to try to survive these coming hardships. Thanks for your hard work and sharing.

]]> http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/08/28/benefits-of-urban-homesteading/comment-page-1/#comment-15523 cynthia Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:37:34 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/?p=5093#comment-15523 " A principled and purposed life" That is what is so satisfying about opting out of the mainstream consumer paradim. Thanks again for your inspiration. Cynthia " A principled and purposed life" That is what is so satisfying about opting out of the mainstream consumer paradim. Thanks again for your inspiration. Cynthia

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