Purpose and Production
This blog, now that I have had a few months to refine its purpose, is about production over consumption. This information/knowledge is meant to help establish a green foundation around your home of any type. Oftentimes we wait for the environment to change around us, leading to frustration and disappointment in the tragedy of the commons and its impact on our sphere. This is a different approach, here you are meant to project positively outward from your span of control.
By building or revitalizing the micro habitat around your yard (or apt balcony or townhouse patio) connected to the greater ecosystem around your yard, you will support beneficial bacteria, plant life, and insect life, all of which will help replenish the greater ecosystem in your community. The plant life around your home combined with sustainable practice are meant to allow you to produce as much of your own food and energy as possible, this is meant to reduce the consumption from other providers and the corresponding fees associated with permanent consumption.
In modern use, the terms consume and produce are most often passively heard and any thought soon after evaporated. What is your first image when hearing those words? For me, produce correlated with an entertainment executive, like a record producer. Consume was like a herd of people buying millions of cars, like the consumer sentiment index. After learning and devoting energy into producing my own food, fertilizer, and harvesting water, my mental images changed. The first tomato plant I grew a few years ago changed my concept of what a producer is and could be.
Homesteaders embraced this concept of production decades ago. The homesteading movement toward self-sufficiency is a valuable contribution to artisan craft and I do not in any way object to what they are doing, esp since I borrow some of their practices and have learnt from them. My concept of production is to generate food and energy not only for individual and family use, but to also provide for the greater eco-system. So, I am not interested in honey bees to obtain, consume, and sell honey, but rather native bees to help rebuild the community eco-system. I suppose, the homesteader indirectly helps mitigate climate change by her/his sustainable practices. I aim to align my production activities to create the highest yield in mitigating climate change on the micro-level.
By building or revitalizing the micro habitat around your yard (or apt balcony or townhouse patio) connected to the greater ecosystem around your yard, you will support beneficial bacteria, plant life, and insect life, all of which will help replenish the greater ecosystem in your community. The plant life around your home combined with sustainable practice are meant to allow you to produce as much of your own food and energy as possible, this is meant to reduce the consumption from other providers and the corresponding fees associated with permanent consumption.
In modern use, the terms consume and produce are most often passively heard and any thought soon after evaporated. What is your first image when hearing those words? For me, produce correlated with an entertainment executive, like a record producer. Consume was like a herd of people buying millions of cars, like the consumer sentiment index. After learning and devoting energy into producing my own food, fertilizer, and harvesting water, my mental images changed. The first tomato plant I grew a few years ago changed my concept of what a producer is and could be.
Homesteaders embraced this concept of production decades ago. The homesteading movement toward self-sufficiency is a valuable contribution to artisan craft and I do not in any way object to what they are doing, esp since I borrow some of their practices and have learnt from them. My concept of production is to generate food and energy not only for individual and family use, but to also provide for the greater eco-system. So, I am not interested in honey bees to obtain, consume, and sell honey, but rather native bees to help rebuild the community eco-system. I suppose, the homesteader indirectly helps mitigate climate change by her/his sustainable practices. I aim to align my production activities to create the highest yield in mitigating climate change on the micro-level.
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