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I also am a soapmaker, using our goat milk to make all natural soaps and lotions. I've learned a lot about the importance of "physical contribution" in starting this business. I value "local sustainable manufacturing" in a whole new way now that I do produce more than goats and knowledge. It's helped me become more balanced in my thoughts about our economy and our world. Before my contribution were limited to those who heard/read my ideas. Now it touches those who buy our soaps at local farmers markets and shows, and brings those concepts home for them to live with.
Along with the farm, I edit a dwarf goat magazine, Ruminations, which helps goat owners become better stewards of their livestock and build a tighter community of smallholders in the US and Canada.
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Monday, December 24, 2012
A Gift Amidst the Worry SHARE
How does a person find the glory of the season in this mire of misery and concern? What do you do if you find it?
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Hey Coach, We Need You! SHARE
Our country needs a coach right now, not a financial director, a preacher or an accountant. Why? Read and find out.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Old Tools, New Vision. Where Is the Fit? SHARE
Building a new economy using conventional tools is not very useful. See what we're running into, and learn what we're doing.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Last One in is A.....lone SHARE
A regional sustainability center is growing in Central MA. But it truly takes a region to make such a project work.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Which Fundamentals Do We Change? SHARE
We keep hearing about the need for "Fundamental Change," so I looked up the "Fundamental" in good old Websters. There were several definitions, but it didn't really clear up the question, what fundamentals do we need to change? And just as important -- how do we change them?
Monday, May 7, 2012
What Will Common Sense Do? SHARE
The other day President Obama called for the Congress to begin using "Common sense ideas" to create more jobs. What more "common sense jobs" are there than those who help others stay healthy, in their homes, and empowered? I'm not saying that a sustainable economy will look like the old economy. Is that what we want anyway? Do we want people to feel disconnected from their food supply? following the guidance of corporations who see people as consumers and not human beings? Do we want to continue isolating individuals through personal communication devices while they fail to vote, participate in the community and fail to support the concept of a democratic republic? I don't want that, and I don't think most people do, if they think about it.
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