The merger with Querencia community group has been undone, probably for the best. The break-up was friendly. Our own group hopes to have the land purchase tied down within two months. We are also investigating the formation of a co-op to help finance the rest of the infrastructure.
The new Gaiasana group had its second meeting last Saturday, 24th of June. Our meetings take a bit longer than they should because we must say everything in both English and Spanish. Those that speak both languages, do this themselves but for others someone always steps in and helps by translating.
We are starting to redo our vision and mission statements since the Gaiasana and Querencia projects fused, and are delving into our legal situation. We have no need to consider any zoning or lim...
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There are more and more calls on the Web to save the Earth by going vegan. There are statements that the average US burger diet releases more CO2 than driving a gas guzzling SUV so everyone should become vegan. May I respectfully suggest that someone is using "spin" techniques here. What should be stated is that it would be much better if everyone reduced their meat consumption to healthy levels and only ate animals that were fed foods not suitable for human consumption.
On the Internet there are many sites about green living, especially about sustainable communities. However these sites deal more with the legal, social and spiritual aspects of such. As a source for the agricultural, energetic, technical and constructional knowledge of green living and organizing sustainable communities, a small group has put together a Wiki site dedicated to these subjects. Why a Wiki? Because this type of site needs constant input from people involved day by day with green ...
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