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NO ONE IS DISPOSABLE. All BEINGS ARE INDISPENSABLE.

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So many people drive hundreds of miles away from their own home, to work for someone else's business because they need to pay the person who owns the home they live in. The home they live in is sprayed with defoliant (plant-killing) poison, making the land surrounding the home ill suited to cultivate produce on. We must NEVER allow backwards, cold, and mechanical corporate mentalities infect our heart. Do not follow suit with profit driven exclusivity. To follow your heart, you must first listen to it.  All beings are indispensable. This is a lesson that even so-called intentional permaculture communities can stand to take on board to heal otherwise unhealthy attitudes! Humanity has been structuring societies based upon the example of feudal lords governing serfdom-based activities of subjugation for far too long.   Now with industrial and capitalistic culture, no one needs to wear the fancier clothes and eat the meat to prove that they are

What is a Land Trust?

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This past week, I had a lovely experience caring for a friend's pup at a land trust property. Before staying there I had no knowledge of what a land trust is. I was thrilled to discover that a land trust is precisely the scenario that fulfils what my vision of appropriate landlord roles, duties, and activities are! The particular land trust I was fortunate enough to experience was the Lake Claire Community Land Trust in Atlanta Georgia. I have come to learn that a land trust serves as an ideal model of maximizing the use of land in an ecologically supportive and holistically conscious fashion.      The landlord of a land trust does not just sit around collecting rent, giving unwise, impulsive, and unexamined orders to maintenance men and gardeners. He actually addresses the land directly, applying horticultural intelligence to take loving care of the land. He tills the earth, manages the compost operations, plants fresh produce and local flora, and has assist