Help
Sign In
change
October 2009 
What economic structures might help shift to sustainable living?
Posted on Mar 29th, 2008
by 
ginlei
ginlei
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for March 29, 2008:
Using economic structures could actually help us shift into sustainable living. Seriously.
Has anyone heard of Cob Housing? It's mud and straw! There are houses, not so much on America's soil, that are made of Cob that are 100 to 500 years old. They survive about anything including earthquakes and fire. They are very economical by the cost to build, by the recycled materials used, and by the way they are heated and cooled. I also feel that to shift into sustainable living that the magority of the world should go back to growing our own food and use the barter system for the other essentuals of daily life. Cash? Why? The worth of America's dollar has us looking like we are turning out be one of the poorest countries in the world. Economic crash? Why should there be, when everyone in the world could find peace and harmony if they would put religion and polictical opinions aside and strive for postive reassures from each other. How many times in one day do any of us say something postive to a stranger or even in our own homes? Negativity is everywhere! It seems that there is no escaping it. The one thing my Papa told me once was that his goal when he would conversate w/ others was that before he walked away, he wanted them to smile. He said every woman deserved a compliment and that a smile could turn anyone's day around! :)
Has anyone heard of Cob Housing? It's mud and straw! There are houses, not so much on America's soil, that are made of Cob that are 100 to 500 years old. They survive about anything including earthquakes and fire. They are very economical by the cost to build, by the recycled materials used, and by the way they are heated and cooled. I also feel that to shift into sustainable living that the magority of the world should go back to growing our own food and use the barter system for the other essentuals of daily life. Cash? Why? The worth of America's dollar has us looking like we are turning out be one of the poorest countries in the world. Economic crash? Why should there be, when everyone in the world could find peace and harmony if they would put religion and polictical opinions aside and strive for postive reassures from each other. How many times in one day do any of us say something postive to a stranger or even in our own homes? Negativity is everywhere! It seems that there is no escaping it. The one thing my Papa told me once was that his goal when he would conversate w/ others was that before he walked away, he wanted them to smile. He said every woman deserved a compliment and that a smile could turn anyone's day around! :)
Access: Public
