Guest guest Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 hello... was interested to read this carl, thought I'd post it on the the face book group 'world vegan society' site... the type of thing that a miracle could be formed from... with luck...keep well my friends are very involved with gentle world on hawaii... vegan as... colin On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 7:41 AM, carl <rudio wrote: > Hi All > I'm new here - and maybe I don't belong. Sent my message off before I > spotted the " UK " bit - and I'm here in Hawaii! I could use some help with > respect to communication in a veganish sort of way. Some background. > > I've recently retired here to the upper part of the Puna District on Hawaii > (Big Island) to live sustainably on a " small " piece of land (3 acres). The > first items on the list for sustainability are food and energy. Now with > respect to food, I've been a vegetarian since the mid 1960s. Looking at > producing food by my own labor on my own land I've no intention of raising > animals (goats for milk, chickens for eggs is the usual hippie recipe) for > food. For one thing I've avoided eggs for ever so long and eat milk products > only as a matter of social convenience. > > The land situation is a bit complicated. A land partner and I bought 3 > contiguous lots in the Fern Forest subdivision near the town of Volcano > Village. I own one, she another and with respect to the third (jointly > owned) we need to get our money back by bringing in one or more others. I > was waiting until I was more firmly established, especially in gardening, > before actively reaching out for others, but events are pushing me along. > For instance, there is now a 3 acre parcel on the market bordering our > parcels and we'd like to have neighborly neighbors. My land partner, though > not a vegetarian, has given her consent for me to seek vegans for that third > parcel she and I jointly own. > > Why vegan? It looks to me like we're going to have to rebuild our > civilization and it seems to me that even apparently relatively benign uses > of animals for food would be starting down a slippery slope. > > So much more to say and the devil indeed is in the detail, but enough for > now. Any ideas on how I can find people who would fit into the situation > I've described, admittedly described in a minimal way? > > Peace and Love > Carl Wilson > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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