Project Description:
Tell us about your project! Describe what happened from start to finish.
This began with backyard chickens; asking my City to change its ordinance to allow for more environmental sustainability and slow food.  It commenced to, as of this date, acquiring 1,300 free fruit and nut trees (more are committed), giving them out freely to residents within a 4-city radius, including very high crime, low income residents in Richmond and Oakland, California.  Vegetable seeds, chicks and rabbits have also been given out freely.  The process is many-fold -- community organizing by way of yahoo groups, craigslist, a newspaper reporter, and city staff and government.  A request for 500 bicycles has been put out, which bicycles will start to address the green transportation level.  
 

Project Goal:
5-step process in creating systemic change on a wide-scale, addressing survival needs:  1 -- food in environmentally sustained ways; 2 - transportation in environmentally sustainable ways; 3 - energy again in sustainable ways, and hopefully 4 - housing moved outside of the economic realm so as to avoid homelessness and trauma due to economic variabilities.

What Tools Did You Use:
- Facebook
- Other

What Happened?:
The process is ongoing.  It has been extremely successful so far, and appears that success will continue.


URLs:

http:///www.self-sustainingcommunities.fluidpiano.com

Linda Schneider

Self-Sustaining Communities