Being the local change

I just read an interesting article in the local paper about by a woman who spent a month eating locally only. Being part of an CSA farm, I dug what she had to say. Even more so having recently read "Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World" by Alan Weisman, "Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth " by Bill McKibben, and "Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture" by Toby Hemmenway. I am also supporting the local public utility district drive. So imagine my great surprise and joy at the first Ode we got about energy!

So I've been raising my voice not just for a PUD, but that our energy be completely fossil fuel free. I could really get into that! Eating local may cost a bit more, but it's better if it's natural, and it saves on the shipping and refrigeration costs.

By approaching our needs at a local level, we can make our local economies stronger and not have to rely on big business or the government to do it for us.