videos174: The Power of Neighbors
Jan Spencer didn’t stop with a permaculture makeover* of his suburban home in Eugene, Oregon. Now he’s taking on the neighborhood! As a result, his neighborhood association is teaming up with city programs like Neighborhood Watch and Emergency Response to empower neighbors to work together. They’re transforming lawns and abandoned lots into edible gardens, and sharing knowledge about energy efficiency, permaculture, and preparedness. These grass roots endeavors help people feel more secure in their homes, because they’re connected with neighbors they can rely on. (suburbanpermaculture.org). Listen to Audio.
*“Suburban Renewal - One Backyard at a Time” (episode 37).
June 28th, 2010 at 6:21 am
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July 14th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Hi, great show. It was great to hear how Jan took his neighbourhood interactions so far into the gren zone.
I watched this while printing and folding flyers to distribute in my immediate neighbourhood promoting my idea for a neighbourhood email forum. I got the idea from the “Front Porch Forum” website, which I read about in Bill McKibben’s book “Eaarth”. He wrote basically the same stuff in an article on Energy Bulletin
While I can’t use FPF here in Australia, the site looks great and I hope it keeps expanding and innovating. I will be keeping up with the founder’s blog at:
http://frontporchforum.com/blog/
Thanks again,
Murray
(Stafford Heights, Brisbane)