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RE: What's for Lunch? And Why Vegan Is A First World Luxury
Agreed but assumes a level of personal safety, skills & access to knowledge. Displaced people are eking out an existence in an unfamiliar, hostile environment. It IS possible but takes so much time to teach & show people with whom you dont share a language, who have little access to information & have had limited, if any, education. Explaining composting last week to young people who really dont grasp things like soil acidity, bacterial processes etc? It goes on & like I said... permaculture theory, vegan etc mostly assumes first world privilege.
Of course, I totally agree with you that the above are assuming first world privilege. However, Permaculture is basically already happening all over the place, if we let it. 'Teaching' permaculture here in Ireland, for instance, is pretty much bringing people back to the way it always was in the past but what they 'unlearned, or broke/forced away from due to the 'cultivation' of crops. Over the years, this has done more harm than good, since planting the same plants in rows and patches has now depleted the soil from its minerals.
In the jungle there would still be more of a symbiotic relationship between plants and trees. The way it's supposed to be.
But of course, I understand, the situation for these people is so much different, since they're merely in survivor mode. But like you said: it's not impossible (I know, I'm stubborn ;)
Im stubborn enough to be teaching them personally, cos I beloeve it is possible & required. Huge persinal commitment but coming up against the first world privilege issues a lot. Just wanted to highlight that in this post. 😊🌿🌷
Of course, I understand :)
LOve the symbiotic emojis... 😊🌿🌷