What inspired my journey
to Asia,
At first, finding a better weather, warmer…
because...
I wasn't ready to face the autumn in Milan, this year
And then the possibility of traveling sparing
about food, movements, lodging…
here is cheaper compared to Italy and Europe
I started this adventure
I use this world "adventure'
because I really like its Latin root,
from the world AVDENIRE
that it means "what is going to happen"
so it's a
hope, a projection to the future.
I left for my travel without
any goals or loopholes
but with the simple will
to begin a journey
and I can tell that...
lately in my life
I had some signals,
some of them more clear than others
I followed this calling
if I can call it like this
I felt this as a responsibility
for myself
and at the same time
it was for building a society
more close to the rhythms of Nature
and more oriented towards
a more coherent lifestyle.
So
in the last fall when I was in California
for working,
I participated to a special event
called: "Permaculture Day"
I had already heard
about this
and this concept
but the participation to this event
gave me the chance to dig deeper into the topic
The world "Permaculture" is formed
by two words: "Permanent" that means abiding
and "Culture"
with a double meaning: culture and cultivation
so, it has this double meaning
It is a system of design principles for human living
centered around natural ecosystems.
on the observation of nature
During this day, we went through
mini daily courses
like gardening, irrigation, bricolage, eco-building
the people had the possibility to experience
how
interact with the environment
and the nature and mostly
be active
towards the building of the world around them.
Something that I liked,
during this event,
It was match with live music,
good food
table with painting canvases
During this day,
I found out something commong between
all the activities ,
were three fondamentale ethics of Permaculture
They are: care for the Earth,
care for the people
and fair share
so,
When we talk about people
is allowing them to access
to what they really need for living.
About the Earth
is more focus on providing the perpetuation
and at the same time
the multiplications of the living systems.
Fair share
in Permaculture there's not refuse,
every this is reuse.
when we are in a natural environment
and we use left over of the natural place,
pollution doesn't exist
is all like...the compost
when we eat natural food
what we don't throw away something
it is incorporate again to the soil
This is a very ancient idea,
old as the human history
but new, innovative
that it should absolutely incorporate to our lives.
After this fabulous and concentrate example of
sustainability, in a little event
I decided in January 2017
to
attend to a Permaculture Course
In the world there are many permaculture courses,
they are based on 72 hours of teaching
and during this time
you can learn many many things.
Everything you learn you want to apply
and
inquiry more.
This course brings me
in a unique beautiful landscape
into the secular redwood forests
of the Northern California
Then,
I spend this period of two weeks
in a Buddhist Culture centre,
with other thirtyish guys
from different parts of US
I was the only italian with another japanese girl.
Why did I participate to this course?
Again, it's been something...
At the beginning of the video I mentioned about signals
and clues
Also here, there has been thread
in my life
and
Just before leaving for the US,
I red a book
written by an authoress
called Strahawk
The book title was "The Earth Path".
What I really like about this book was
how this this authoress
incorporate the natural magical tradition
there has been handed down during the years,
together with
new science discoveries
and the tecnologies applied to the Earth
but always respecting
her...
There was a big love for Mother Earth
but at the same time
an effective applicability
of
solution according to live respectfully with her.
so
See the magic in daily life
and starting to open my eyes
to changeability and intelligence of the nature,
it was the message from that book.
I believe in everybody's life
there are some invitations
this invitations,
if we are good to take them
they can bring us in places
where we could not explore rationally.
The invitation to be in this course
it was one of that…
and
this experience taught me a lot
about the techniques
used in Permaculture.
I had lesson three time during the day
in the morning it was more theoretical,
in the afternoon more pratical
and in during the evening usually,
we focused more about cultural and social dynamics.
Because permaculture is not only agriculture
but also social relationships.
In the morning we never miss
the salutation to water, air, fire and earth
and to the spirit
Everybody was looking to bring a song or an invocation
into the circle
After this we went trough the
pratical and theoretical activity
What I've learn during this course it's been
priceless
It's been putting together many knowleges
joined together
and connette to each other
At the end of this experience,
a question
was constantly present in my mind
What did they teach us, at school, during all of these years?
or rather
what did they forget to make us apply
all the
techniques and system that promote self-sufficiency?
For me it's been a crucial question
that, another time
moved my attention
on what is really essential in our life.
Living in a natural way,
respecting all the living system,
and
the answer is
open your eyes, open your heart and look up the Nature
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