Comments on: Sustainable living in the Sierra Nevada http://cserc.org/blog/2009/05/11/sustainable-living-in-the-sierra-nevada/ The CSERC staff's reflections on the Sierra Nevada. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:53:32 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Steve Perreira http://cserc.org/blog/2009/05/11/sustainable-living-in-the-sierra-nevada/comment-page-1/#comment-2608 Steve Perreira Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:30:45 +0000 http://cserc.org/blog/2009/05/11/sustainable-living-in-the-sierra-nevada/#comment-2608 Dear Juliette: Getting young children into nature as well as learning about how it works so well...undisturbed by man, is a key point. So is growing your own food, if you can. One easy food to grow is, say, potatoes. So are tomatoes, and I've got extra heirloom tomato plants, but I only give them to responsible gardeners. Some people, believe it or not, actually accept free vegetable plants, then leave them to wither on their kitchen tables! If I wasn't such a purist, I'd plant potatoes on those CSERC meadow restoration projects, not unlike my Swiss relatives do in their alps, as I have seen firsthand. Anyway, I hope to see some CSERC people at Mountain Sage's Earthfest in Groveland on Sat., June 6, 2009. You good earth people can tour my house, not far away, after the main Earthfest events. It will cheer you all up even more, because, it's harmonious with it's place in nature. much admiration for all you do, Steve Dear Juliette:

Getting young children into nature as well as learning about how it works so well…undisturbed by man, is a key point. So is growing your own food, if you can. One easy food to grow is, say, potatoes. So are tomatoes, and I’ve got extra heirloom tomato plants, but I only give them to responsible gardeners. Some people, believe it or not, actually accept free vegetable plants, then leave them to wither on their kitchen tables! If I wasn’t such a purist, I’d plant potatoes on those CSERC meadow restoration projects, not unlike my Swiss relatives do in their alps, as I have seen firsthand.

Anyway, I hope to see some CSERC people at Mountain Sage’s Earthfest in Groveland on Sat., June 6, 2009. You good earth people can tour my house, not far away, after the main Earthfest events. It will cheer you all up even more, because, it’s harmonious with it’s place in nature.

much admiration for all you do, Steve

]]> By: Ruth Sandra http://cserc.org/blog/2009/05/11/sustainable-living-in-the-sierra-nevada/comment-page-1/#comment-2450 Ruth Sandra Sat, 30 May 2009 02:27:12 +0000 http://cserc.org/blog/2009/05/11/sustainable-living-in-the-sierra-nevada/#comment-2450 Thank You for your contribution to the Internet and the world through images and words. I have given your blog a "One Lovely Blog Award" on my blog: http://RSSDesignsInFiber.blogspot.com. And part of the "loveliness" is your dedication to the environment in the Sierra Nevada. Thank You for your contribution to the Internet and the world through images and words.

I have given your blog a “One Lovely Blog Award” on my blog: http://RSSDesignsInFiber.blogspot.com.

And part of the “loveliness” is your dedication to the environment in the Sierra Nevada.

]]> By: Cole Thompson http://cserc.org/blog/2009/05/11/sustainable-living-in-the-sierra-nevada/comment-page-1/#comment-2445 Cole Thompson Fri, 29 May 2009 22:19:02 +0000 http://cserc.org/blog/2009/05/11/sustainable-living-in-the-sierra-nevada/#comment-2445 I live and work in Sonora but have grown up in urban areas, and I know how you feel. There is a glimmer of hope, which is that economists are starting, tentatively, to question the paradigm of infinite growth. I think this is key. As long as economists in academia sign off on economic growth as a good thing, politicians and businesses will point to that and say "See? Pave we must." But as noted, that paradigm is finally getting a little harder look now and there are murmurings of dissent in ivory towers of economic study. I'd like to add that there is one thing all of us can do to speed this along, which is to sign to the petition of support for the work of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy. The URL for that is http://www.steadystate.org/CASSEPositionOnEG.html Here's what I hope for: individuals and orgs like CSERC can win local victories and involve people in thinking about the future quality of life where they live. On the national/global level, orgs such as CASSE and The International Society for Ecological Economics will keep persistently raising the awkward question, how is infinite growth possible in a finite world? Progress is slower than we'd like but it is happening. And do consider signing the CASSE petition! I live and work in Sonora but have grown up in urban areas, and I know how you feel. There is a glimmer of hope, which is that economists are starting, tentatively, to question the paradigm of infinite growth. I think this is key. As long as economists in academia sign off on economic growth as a good thing, politicians and businesses will point to that and say “See? Pave we must.” But as noted, that paradigm is finally getting a little harder look now and there are murmurings of dissent in ivory towers of economic study.

I’d like to add that there is one thing all of us can do to speed this along, which is to sign to the petition of support for the work of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy. The URL for that is http://www.steadystate.org/CASSEPositionOnEG.html

Here’s what I hope for: individuals and orgs like CSERC can win local victories and involve people in thinking about the future quality of life where they live. On the national/global level, orgs such as CASSE and The International Society for Ecological Economics will keep persistently raising the awkward question, how is infinite growth possible in a finite world? Progress is slower than we’d like but it is happening. And do consider signing the CASSE petition!

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