A sacred way of life connects us to the people and places around us. That means that a sacred economy must be in large part a local economy, in which we have multidimensional, personal relationships with the land and people who meet our needs, and whose needs are met in turn.
– Juliana Birnbaum Fox, American environmental and social justice writer, educator and founder of the nonprofit Voices in Solidarity, from Sustainable Revolution: Permaculture in Ecovillages, Urban Farms, and Communities Worldwide
Last year, my daughter, Isabella, wanted to hatch and raise chicks, so she watched YouTube videos and read blogs and articles on the Internet. She presented her case for investing in chicks, ticking off the benefits of raising chickens. When we said no, undeterred, she built a chicken coop out of a cardboard box and populated it with cotton-ball chickens and shredded-paper "hay." After a few months of begging and being stonewalled, she gave up and shut down the coop, which had sat in the middle of her bedroom for weeks.
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