I have found more homesteading community right under my nose than I ever would've guessed. Yesterday at work turned out to be a day when I met a bunch of people who shared homesteading interests similar to my own.
I found out that a gent I work with named David is not only interested in homesteading, but has studied permaculture, rainwater harvesting, sustainability, and many of the other apsects that I have written about. I also ran into Shannan (who is also an awesome motivator for my recent workouts) who told me that she shared this blog with her husband because he has interests that are very similar as well. I was very pleasantly surprised to find so many people who think along the same lines that I do.
There are several other people I work with who I know are interested in homesteading, sustainability, independence, or something similar who aren't among the people who I mentioned already. Kristin and Pix are two other girls who have deep connections with this community... Pix even majored in Permaculture in college!
With so many intelligent people that I work with having very similar interests to me, is it any wonder that I love my job? This has my mind churning as to whether or not I should start building some community right there within my workplace, and perhaps propose a small group that could meet up once in a while and share ideas, projects, inspiration, maybe even some homegrown produce. I know I plan on trying to sit down with everyone who has these interests at least individually so I can explore their thoughts and forage for some ideas.
If you are one of the people I mentioned and you are reading this, thanks for the inspiration! It's awesome to know that there are a lot of other people who have similar ideas... it makes me feel like my goals are less crazy, less fringe. If anyone is interested in meeting up and talking about this with a cup of coffee or a couple of beers, let me know! I'll always make time to discuss this kind of thing.
And as for anyone who I didn't mention in my post, where have you found community around ideas you are interested in? What inspires you when thinking about your goals? Please, anyone reading leave a comment and share your thoughts! I write this blog as a way of trying to build community too!
An interesting idea, though I would have to immediately defer the seminar or event being led by me. There are many people that I work with, and many other people in the Tucson community in general, who would be more qualified to lead such a thing. I could definitely propose it though, and perhaps at least be the facilitator.
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