I was a student of Ralf’s in 2012-2015 when I did my master’s degree at the TUHH in Hamburg. But before that, I was raised in a small town in Kansas, where I grew to appreciate the benefits of small town life, local economy, and reliable and friendly neighbors. Returning from Germany in 2015 to work as a wastewater treatment consultant, I found my way back to the Midwest, where I live today with my wife. In writing this book, it is clear to me that building a community is easier said than done: you do this over a lifetime. And I hope this book can inspire you to take the next step in your own community-building journey.
The city can be colorful and lively, but also noisy, repressive and isolating (even more so since 2020…). Garden Communities asks readers how work and life can be a diverse, lively experience. This book describes how living in, with and from our gardens and forests provides the essential link to vital nature and to those things beyond what is considered scientifically tangible. Garden communities are essentially groupings of small farms (or large gardens) organized near -- or within -- urban centers. These communities provide nearby cities with fresh produce and vital nutrition while serving as a place to create a "good life" or, in the words of Wendell Berry, "a place for people loved and known...to come home to or to stay home in, because it would offer them satisfying, healthful, and sustaining work that they would be pleased to do all their lives."
Garden Communities provides readers with examples of successful projects around the world and tools that can be used to bring a nature-centric lifestyle into one's own community or to start one's own Garden Community.
Título : Garden Communities
EAN : 9798215735961
Editorial : Andrew Toth
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