We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Saturday, May 8, 2010

How to Start a Crop Mob

from Good. This sounds like a promising idea--linking up interested landless people with others who have small farms or backyards to share the labor of growing food and sharing the food produced with the additional bonus of creating a sense of community.

Check out an example in Greensboro, N. Carolina in this 2:34m video. And another good source here.