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Victor Justin Rhodes argues that sustainability is a means, not an end. Most people pursue it without asking what they actually want it for. A father working toward sustainable farming might really just want to be home with his family.
Victor Justin Rhodes argues that sustainability is a means, not an end. Most people pursue it without asking what they actually want it for. A father working toward sustainable farming might really just want to be home with his family.
You may say you want to be sustainable, but you don't really want to be sustainable. Yesterday, in consulting with somebody, what is your goals for your permaculture homestead? Our goal is to be more sustainable. Okay, sustainable to me is totally, completely from outside sources. Is that really what you want? You know, create your own energy, create your own food, power to you. But as we began to talk, we began to realize the rub at his job and the time away from family. Then it wasn't their heart, deep heart, to really be sustainable. I mean, at the end of the day, whoopie, you've accomplished something. If your goal The goal is sustainability. You've got to go deeper. Why do you want us to be sustainable? It turns out this family wanted dad home. That's something to work hard for, to cherish, and then become sustainable for. Sustainable becomes the launch pad, not the goal, and only if it serves the purpose of bringing dad home. This is what I'm talking about. We got to ask why of our whys.
If I had to start my Homestead all over again, it could only pick one animal… 
