by Catherine Haug, June 5, 2011
Ronny (one of the presenters at the Sourdough gathering) and I have been conversing about my experimentation with my new sourdough starter, for making bread. I found an informational website: SourdoughHome.com that has some tips I’m trying out, and sharing my results and questions with Ronny.
This morning she sent me a wonderful email that I just had to share with all of you, about our community:
“I was just sitting on the porch on [this] incredible Sunday morning. I was thinking about sourdough and our current dialog.
Realization: Yep, this is why we need projects like ESP. We can find everything on the internet. We can find endless conflicting data. What we need is to make it real, learn from folks that are doing it, and then go out and experiment and continue to compare notes. I like this real stuff. Thanks for everything.”
She has touched on our reason to be, at ESP. Each of us came together for different reasons to form our core team. For me it was because I believe in community and in living a low-energy lifestyle. Not because I’m afraid of our future if we continue to go through our energy sources like there is no end; not because I’m afraid of the consequences of global warming.
I believe in community and minimizing my energy consumption because they are the right things to do, not only for the health of our planet, but also for the health and life of all of us. Because they are healing, compassionate and loving aspects of life that are worth cultivating.
Please continue to participate in our community, and to share our important work with your friends and family. All are welcome!
More Inspiration
Want more on this topic to ponder, for inspiration? Check out:
- Saving the World Begins in Our Own Community (April 2011) inspired by a 4 minute video about the Seva Cafe in India: Seva Cafe: Love All, Serve All. I related the message from the video to our own wonderful ESP community, as a thankyou to all of you who attend our gatherings.
- Eating Sustainably – It Takes Community (July 2010), I discussed the various aspects of community and how to go about building a stronger community right in your neighborhood.
And if you have some inspiring thoughts or ideas, please share them in the comments, or send me an email: cat(at)essentialstuff(dot)org [email disguised for security].