I remember in Sunday School in Mississippi (before Baptists were taken over by the fundies. I was very young) There was a story about a guy who stored grain because he knew there was a drought coming. This story impressed me. I remember I wanted to have the wisdom of that guy (even though he did other things I found questionable. Genesis 37-50 The Story of Joseph.)

I have that wisdom but I need your help. Let's use the framework of local government to take care of our future. It's there. Wise people in government have already placed the foundations for us. Quietly. No fanfare. No politics. They put it in place and waited. (Does this seem mysterious? It is, but nothing surprises me any more.)

In Will County Illinois there are people who recognize a storm is a-coming. I don't know what form "the storm" will take, or if its a continuation of a series of unrelated events, like is currently evolving.

We must prepare for our future generations. Has history taught you nothing? If you're Christian, haven't you read your Bible?

This is from the website of Carolyn Baker.
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Bill Mollison, one of the co-originators of Permaculture says that, "Without permanent agriculture there is no possibility of a stable social order." The intuitively forming ideal is extended families occupying their own private permaculture design with a number of these families occupying a watershed. A number of watersheds constitute a bioregion. This is a natural social/political framework in which the needs of the earth are re-presented in human society because the humans are advocating for the life and gaining survival from that life. We might call this biological democracy.

Human/earth centered, rather than object centered, this new movement promises to become the next human culture. Human social institutions tend to form around food survival systems and be resonant with the morals and purpose of those different activities to gain food; we would expect the new culture to do the same. When some or all of the seed communities make it through the apocalypse, they will be the ancestors.

Many flail about trying to save the dying beast of empire by recycling their tin cans or inventing free energy machines but it is just common sense that if we want to aid the life of our great, great grandchildren we will ignore the dying beast and put our living energies into the new way of life. read the complete article

Does this mean you get to quit recycling? No! The mores
must be well established. Does this mean we gather weapons and build compounds in a tribal-like environment? No! This is the 21st century. This is the time where we beat swords into plowshares. It is not us versus them. It is us together. We must recognize that all have the same goal; To stay alive. Even those who seem to be different than us.

Illegal food planting another revolutionary
act.
Another good read.

I am indeed a fortunate woman. I met another person in Joliet who believes as I do and who also has the hips to try and make it happen.

Community Sustainable Agriculture . . . you'll be hearing more. In the meantime you may want to
read this.

I've been trying to decide where to plant a garden. I have very small space with little sun access. I've also thought about starting a community garden in my neighborhood.
Reason for concern?

Hmm? Could I do both?

© The Economist Newspaper Ltd, London (print edition December 6, 2007)
FOR as long as most people can remember, food has been getting cheaper and farming has been in decline. In 1974-2005 food prices on world markets fell by three-quarters in real terms. Food today is so cheap that the West is battling gluttony even as it scrapes piles of half-eaten leftovers into the bin.

That is why this year's price rise has been so extraordinary. Since the spring, wheat prices have doubled and almost every crop under the sun—maize, milk, oilseeds, you name it—is at or near a peak in nominal terms. The Economist's food-price index is higher today than at any time since it was created in 1845 (see chart). Even in real terms, prices have jumped by 75% since 2005.
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I don't want any more farmer's lands in Will County to be replaced by flat topped buildings soaking up the sun and the rain. I want the rain to get to the ground and the sun's rays to be converted to energy.

In Will County, instead of bringing in companies to build more of these flat topped buildings I would rather there be companies to modify these buildings to be "nature adaptive".

This still means continued growth for Will County. It would also be saving the land for local farmers which means less transportation of locally grown food thereby helping the air. These buildings adapted means saving water for future generations. Using the sun's energy could even mean power for some of the buildings operations.

Our friends in Will County (including the villages, towns and cities government) have done a great job bringing growth and business. Now the focus needs to be different in these changed times. Please look at the 21st century - not back to the 19th and 20th.

Let's develop the developments we have now. Let's Green Will.
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And for an unrelated FYI ...

Starting a new path. Let's take care of our air, water/food.