Re: [pf] Supportive networks

At 11:57 3/10/99 -0500, Jill wrote:
>Sometimes things really come together.
> ...
>                        we were extolling the virtues of this group of
>women - fun, a labor pool, also, if you have anything you want to work on,
>you can find one or more people in the group to work on it with you.
>
>                  ... a meal would be served that incorporates the ideas
>of Chef's Cooperative 2000.  ... She
>gets all excited about it, and adds grocery owners and farmers to the
>invitees.  Soon we have an all day workshop.  We will work on it together,
>along with another 3 people who will also be excited.
>
>                                ... the League, since they have
>taken on Our Healthy Community as their focus this year, and has money too,
>could put together such a workshop later in the year - on sustainable
>building methods, farming practices, transportation, cleaning, etc., etc.,
> etc.
>
**  Sounds marvellous, Jill!

**  I really think the one hope for the future is community activities. I
don't expect enough individuals, or The Government, to take sufficient
"right" action quickly enough, whereas small groups, from extended families
like Nan's to county-wide affinity groups, could have the visionary people
like you to start moving in the right direction, and the rest come along
for the ride.

David.
(David MacClement) d1v9d @ bigfoot.com (remove spaces)
http://www.emucities.com.au/member/davd/index.html#top
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