Social unrest is being driven by corporate greed, and the resulting societal chaos compounded by unemployment, mental trauma, & poverty!
Energy and food, the two most basiccommodities of life on this Earth, are increasing in value as demand for both escalates.

to prepare both individually and
collectively for the times ahead by becoming more self reliant.

creating an infrastructure for a lifestyle that is as practical and
self reliant as possible.
In doing this, one of the results is that it leaves a small ecological footprint.
Growing lots of food and trees for energy, as well as crafting in many different skill areas, such as spinning, knitting, sewing, making clothes, soaps, creams…all go some way towards this end.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction. ~E.F. Schumacher




Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars…
and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is
joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are
not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to
become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers –
for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are. ~Osho
I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have
planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the
healing shadow of the woods. Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and
pick dew-wet red berries in a cup. ~Wendell Berry
Poetry and Nature – An Introduction To The Mystical Poets
http://youtu.be/vjxZ-yD-AMg
Bealtaine Cottage has built up a Permaculture Seed Bank.
If you want to see a list of available seeds, this link will take you there…http://bealtainecottage.com/seeds-from-bealtaine-cottage/
Seeds from Bealtaine Cottage in Ireland are posted all over the world!
Bealtaine Cottage is also on YouTube…with over 110 videos about Permaculture, planting, growing and living.
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