I
agree with Mark on the psychology of 'death & dying', great analogy of
stages were facing dying, hi-stressing ways of peak-oil gluttony, as most
empires have done destroying their resources base in tunnel-vision of
infinite-progre$ $, hyper-control & holy mandate from current gods. In fact
the psychology of addiction is similar to the stages of dying Ð Kubler-Ross.
Some folks feel guilty for hyper-consuming & wasting energy!
Why ain't these issues of natural human
needs for local resources & cost to our bioregion not mentioned in
designing Eco-village? It seems so intellectual, futurism & detached form
real life of causes & effects patterns of how energy flows!? Just a game of
designing perfect-utopia, like Ecotopian fantasy, eco-Politically correct
???
I
use Eco-psychology of natural needs, instincts & faulty-goals of
current addiction, tolerence, withdrawal & co-dependency. We need
(weaning) of good treat thrills & detoxing into naturalizing- life. or just
keep lifving for taste pigging-out. I was junk food, plastic & mass-media
addict for 25 years. Then went crazy for natural ways, in '71, am more organic
& more balancing now. Voluntary simplicity, conserving & being-natural
is more instinctual & spiritual & less for saving money.
But
its nearly impossible for most habitual consuming people until shortage, huge
inflation or ecospasms shock their home & health. I had to drop, breath,
bicycling, camping-out, shake, cry & scream, yoga & meditate away
my classy fancy rich dreams of
techno-utopia
to be natural - rebirthing my whole life new.
So
Permaculture is helping me becoming aware of local energy patterns & my
simple needs. Empire has conditioned us with toxic effects & hi costs of
our hi-acid consuming & traveling in pride, fear of cops &
wasting more than the poor folks ever imagined=before seeing U$ on TV.
Conserving, recycling & growing food are more fun, healthy & natural
than working for thrills of shopping for more treats. Living fully here
now like animal feeling Mother nature everyday love us
Needing to live in Eco-Village, why?
The
outer plans are needed after we agree on how we want/need to live in harmony
together, trusting our agreements, bonding with honesty, openess &
equality, learning now forever how balancing flows.
I've
visited dozens, stayed in many & helped build Eco-villages in Oregon,
Ecotopia CA, Wash, & Hawaii in last 25 years. Each so unique, its amazing
how different each group creates, agrees, aims & co-creates together
cooperating in many ways cities folks can hardly do or imagine. I got MS degree
in Dreikurs family counseling in cooperative- parenting in Ô71, before i could
life cooperatively with dear friends.
I/we grew up in cities are ANTI
cooperative, communal & naturally peaceful in tune with Mother
Nature. We need deep personal soul healing work to open up, trusting
others, making, keeping & revising basic agreements as needed at home, not
escaping to city for treats or avoid real contact with home-mates, Our old
family trama, fears & needs are so excess, unatural & toxic, we need
natural revolution for living cooperative in eco-Village.with folks we trust deeply.