Comments on: In Praise of Neighbors http://innercityfarmer.com/2008/04/29/29/ Championing Urban Sustainability... Since 2006 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:45:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jen http://innercityfarmer.com/2008/04/29/29/#comment-139 Jen Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:48:34 +0000 http://innercityfarmer.com/2008/04/29/29/#comment-139 I had the same realization after we got chickens! Leaving town was a little bigger issue than before, but fortunately we have several people to divvy the work when we're away. I like the distinction between being self-reliant and being self-sufficient. Self-reliance is exactly that. Relying on your skills, wits, knowledge, and saavy to get by, even when that includes banding together with other people. While self-sufficiency implies providing for every one of your needs with your very own two hands. Which is damn near impossible, if not isolating. In creating a permaculture we aim for self-reliance, including relying on our relationships with others. Am I making sense? Anyway, good points. (I can't seem to stop commenting! I think I'm going to go plant something now...) I had the same realization after we got chickens! Leaving town was a little bigger issue than before, but fortunately we have several people to divvy the work when we’re away.

I like the distinction between being self-reliant and being self-sufficient. Self-reliance is exactly that. Relying on your skills, wits, knowledge, and saavy to get by, even when that includes banding together with other people. While self-sufficiency implies providing for every one of your needs with your very own two hands. Which is damn near impossible, if not isolating. In creating a permaculture we aim for self-reliance, including relying on our relationships with others. Am I making sense? Anyway, good points.

(I can’t seem to stop commenting! I think I’m going to go plant something now…)

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