In the video with the Dervaes family it shows a family who is built on supporting your self and giving your family a source to food as apposed to going out and buying what you can have easy access to if you work hard for it. They where a very out going family and had worked really heard to (very key words next)sustain themselves. They went out of their way to give them selves more room to plant rather than working with an easily expandable garden. They held many surprises, they contribute to many of the solution's that where presented previously. Like supported local living economies by selling to local restaurants and other business that are in the food service. They also did not use electricity and used almost all manual kitchen tools to prepare their food.
This family lives a pretty simple life, all their needs are met from their hard work and do not use many luxuries. Their needs list is just as big as any one's. They are humans in the same time period as us so they have the same needs. Their wants list would be pretty small, the way they live they seem pretty dedicated to the life style they live and having a smaller impact on the planet. They use bio-fuels to get their car moving to have a smaller impact on the planet, they gather their own food and have a purely vegetarian diet. This in my opinion would say they are about sustaining themselves and trying to pass on the lesson. They don't seem to keep much to themselves besides what they need. The little money they make they save for staples (favorite foods/ commonly used, not the kind of little metal staples) which aren't a necessity but a want. If you count each of the staples individually it still only adds up to 3 different things. As apposed when I check my pantry and I see a bunch of food.
This family really ties into what where are learning about sustainability. This family has really adopted a very sustainable lifestyle. Where they do not depend on outside food or many outside recourses, they use natural recourses so not only are they keeping themselves really sustainable but also trying to reduce negative effect on the planet. We are learning and about research a way to live more sustainably when this family is way ahead of us. So it's seems pretty obvious how these two connect.
This family lives really sustainably, their recourses come from within 100 feet of them. This is a great idea to start living more sustainably. There is more than one way to live more sustainably but this is a great way. This group of people has set an example that will hopfully be caried on by others. It's also a good thing they don't over stock and sell surpluses. Rather than wasting stuff they go off and sell it to others who would have a better use than letting it go to waste. All in all these people seem like a family who would really
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Your last comment about the family selling their surpluses instead of storing them up reminded me of what Ishmael says about people of our culture and locking up food.
I liked how you said that they're just like every other human being, and they have all the simple needs that everyone else does. It made me think if they can do it, we all can do it.
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