Meredith Freeman

Doing for Ourselves: From Self-Sufficiency to Resilience (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Once upon a time the idea of self sufficiency seemed pretty straightforward. You relied on other people as little as possible, did as much as you could for yourself.

Nowadays, we know much more about how we each contribute to what has become a climate crisis. But we've come to rely so much on everything we want coming to us from somewhere else, whenever we want it, that it's hard to decide what our day-to-day lives should look like.

How will I manage water use during the summer? Should I grow my own vegetables? Should I use air conditioning? Who should I ask about solar panels for my house? Is it worth getting my washing machine fixed? What about plastic? Is knitting just a useless old-lady thing? Should I feed wild birds? Is it okay to travel overseas? Where does everything I use come from? How much can I do without? How much should I actually do for myself?

In this book, stories and reflections from one long life are used to explore questions like these. You'll find plenty of suggestions, though no clear answersbecause, of course, each of us has to find our own.

However, there's no doubt about the overriding importance for us humans, in this period of the world's history, of communityand of communities, both plant and animal, and the urgency of exploring our role in them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Tellwell Talent
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781834185170
• Artikelnr.: 75459970

Autorenporträt

For thirty years, Meredith Freeman worked in education, developing curriculum and teaching in secondary schools and at La Trobe University in Melbourne. She has always had a vegetable garden and kept chooks, and shares with her family and friends a deep concern for social justice, the environment, and the future of the planet.

Since 1996 she and Gil have lived, farmed and gardened on the nine acres in South Gippsland, which is the subject of this book. Together they founded a community not-for-profit committed to supporting organic growers and the distribution of local food to local people. Their three sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren all now have a strong connection to South Gippsland.

Meredith has a PhD in education and a Diploma of Permaculture. With her son Rhys she has authored a book on growing Australian native food plants in South Gippsland based on their own experiences on the land.