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My brain is going in weird directions today, I will get to the second Thresholds post soon, but other things feel more pressing...
Do you remember the era of urban gardens? The ones where people turned abandoned lots and such into food sources for their neighborhoods? Little plots of green hidden inside the concrete jungle, nurturing and somehow magical...
They died out, as I understand it, largely due to liability concerns. But I wonder... could the idea be revived in some form? How many tiny, abandoned plots of land are there in the cities these days? How much do people generally want for a plot of land so tiny that not much else other than a garden could be done with it? Could one or a few people, maybe even a small community, scrape together the funds to buy a very small plot of land and turn it green in the heart of urbania? An intentional microcommunity, in a way?
And what if we take that idea further... from one plot, spread to two... from two to four... from four to eight... perhaps selling some of the produce we generate, perhaps simply reinvesting our savings from not having to buy our produce in stores any longer... slowly spreading patches of green filling our cities, our homes... changing the local environment, inspiring others.... Viral sustainability.
What if?
Do you remember the era of urban gardens? The ones where people turned abandoned lots and such into food sources for their neighborhoods? Little plots of green hidden inside the concrete jungle, nurturing and somehow magical...
They died out, as I understand it, largely due to liability concerns. But I wonder... could the idea be revived in some form? How many tiny, abandoned plots of land are there in the cities these days? How much do people generally want for a plot of land so tiny that not much else other than a garden could be done with it? Could one or a few people, maybe even a small community, scrape together the funds to buy a very small plot of land and turn it green in the heart of urbania? An intentional microcommunity, in a way?
And what if we take that idea further... from one plot, spread to two... from two to four... from four to eight... perhaps selling some of the produce we generate, perhaps simply reinvesting our savings from not having to buy our produce in stores any longer... slowly spreading patches of green filling our cities, our homes... changing the local environment, inspiring others.... Viral sustainability.
What if?
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