Hey there Steemians!
Many of you are new friends, so you don't know this about me, I grew up on a hippie commune.
Yes there were naked people, yes we made tie dyes, yes people smoked that devils weed, yes there were oming circles.
All of that aside, we had gardens, we had schools, we had communal work parties to make certain that what needed to get done, got done.
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We had an ideal of sustainability, but as you can imagine, that ideal was difficult to attain, at this point the commune still hasn't gained sustainable status.
Creating enough electricity, food, water, and shelter is difficult anywhere when you tie to those needs the concepts of sustainability, and we never produced our own electricity, zoning laws in most of the country make electricity generation expensive, certainly beyond the means of our small community.
In this time of Global Warming, genocidal extraction industry, monsanto poisoning, and lets face it, nuclear fallout, we need to choose new options for a path forward, options which are created with an eye towards a livable future for our children and their grandchildren and so forth.
We need to move towards a rational lifestyle in alignment with real values, values based in compassion, empathy and kindness, the greedy way of being is so deadly and harmful that it must be abandoned.
So how do we create this new way forward?
How do we create something which is radically different and still approachable by societies and cultures around the world?
Is there a way for the people of this world to step out of the shadow of greed being cast by the oligarchy?
I believe we have within us the ability to pursue a more livable society, and that we can create sustenance, shelter and medicine while at the same time being more inclusive of all races and religions, I believe we already have most of the solutions at hand and that the main thing stopping people from creating these new cities is finance.
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So I am asking you, Steemians for your input, how do we create sustainable income which also reduces carbon in the atmosphere?
How do we create a model which is easily duplicatable and works for the betterment of all?
I know it's a difficult question to answer, and I also know these values are not for everyone, so thanks in advance for considering something which may be outside of your comfort zone.