Sustainablility visit

1. What is your name and your role here at the farmers market?
A: Gloria Galuan, shopper

2. Why do you choose to shop here?
A: It's near my house and the prices are reasonable.

3: when did you first start coming here?
A: A long time ago, maybe about 15 years.

4: Do you garden at home? Why or Why not?
A: Yes, it helps save the environment.

5: How did you find out about this place?
A: I live near by, and I revieved their advertisments in the mail.

6: What would your advice to get others to do what you do?
A: I would keep telling them to come here, like i do.


To me it seemed like this store was just like any other grocery store I'd been too. It was pretty much what I expected because I was pretty sure it would be just like a Trader Joe's store, and it kind of was. I don't think I will start going to organic stores more often because that's not really my choice, it's my parents and I think they're pretty comfortable with the store they go to now, but this has motivated me to plant my own herbs and edible plants. Well I think that one of the main reasons why we did this project was to inform us on living sustainably, and by going and interviewing people who are doing so, we know what we can do to live more sustainably.

ecological intelligence

When you have ecological intelligence, you know what is wrong and right for the environment and you are informed about what you should and shouldn't do to help the earth. It also means that we not only understand why were doing what we do to live sustainably but what will happen if we don't live like that. It relates to our essential question because we could live more sustainably if we had ecological intelligence. We would not be able to use the excuse that we don't know how to be sustainably anymore because we would all have ecological intelligence. I don't really think that I'm very ecologically intelligent, for example, I didn't know that even though a shirt could be made of cotton, it still effected the environment because of all the water it uses to be created. Here is a website that will show what ecological intelligence is and that includes some shocking information about why it is that the way were living is wrong.

LULS interviews

We had a theory that people that bought organic food would shop at thrift stores, because those are two ways to help the environment go green. After we asked many people if they shopped at thrift stores and the if they bought organic food the people that bought organic food didn't really buy things at thrift stores. In my opinion this is because the people that buy organic food buy it because, one, they can afford it, and, two, they maybe just buy it because they care about their health and not really the environment. There was one women, though, that told us she traveled and she honestly looked like a person that has money and she said she did shop at thrift stores but the reason why she didn't shop there more often was that there weren't many in San Diego. Our theory about thrift store shoppers and organic food buyers were wrong but like I said somethings were a little surprising when we did these interviews. My angle for this campaign is to encourage people to shop at thrift stores. Also there will always be those who don't like shopping there for their own reasons but they can help as well by donating things they don't need anymore and recycling and reusing because that what thrift shopping is all about.

Homegrown Revolution

What strikes me about the way they lived is that they were so different, but they seemed to be living a happy life. They described they way they lived as if it were no different as anyone else. Their way of life seemed very simple and relaxing. They made and grew their own food, and lived what I would consider a sustainable lifestyle. I think their needs list would be longer than their wants list, but then again, they provide a lot of things that they need themselves so I'm guessing their wants list wouldn't be that difficult to obtain. In my opinion they are very related to what we're learning about in "My Ishmael because they aren't living the way our mother culture says we should be living. I think that if Ishmael were to meet this family, he would be very content with their lifestyle. I would honestly like to live that way, but there are just so many things in the way of my actually doing it, and I think that's what's stopping a lot of people from acting instead of just talking about making a difference in their lives. Here are a couple of websites related to these families and their life:
http://www.pathtofreedom.com/
http://www.homegrownrevolution.com/shop
http://www.peddlerswagon.com/
http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/01/06/100-foot-diet-challenge-launch/

ishmael #2 :)

anthropomorphism

noun
the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits

I really like the way he describes why it is that humans fight for territory the way they do. He says that in a way, people believe that that's the way it's supposed to be. Even animals seem to do that by how they get their territory with scent and things like that, when animals don't care for territory.

For them, it's like an agreement of peace, or like a peace treaty. It was a system that in a way brought justice to the people. It was a peace treaty method because it created organization within the community which brought peace withing the people. They didn't finish each other off because they wouldn't be able to continue their species that way.

Ishmael

I do agree with Ishmael when he says that everybody is from the same culture. When he says that everybody is from the same culture, what I think he means is that where we are from has a lot to do with who we are when we grow up. Like he mentioned to julie, if you are a baby, and you are given to another society with another way of living you would conform to that and that would become who you are. On page 48, he tells her,"Bring a farmer's baby up amoung foragers, and he'll be a forager. I would have to agree, because that even works out with races or how much money your family has.

Personally, I agree with Ishmael. I think that the whole reason why we're like this is because of our human flaws. Nobody can be perfect, no matter how hard they try. Everybody has their own idea of perfect and nobody could possibly cover all of those ideas.


The takers are, what in our modern world the men and women that work in big coorporations and recieve and handle all the money that is to be handled. The Leavers are more like the men and women who believe that we should be more like a community where people would each get what came to them and live on what they had.

living sustainably

In my opinion, a sustainable society would be a small part of perfection. I love the city, but there is nothing in the world that I think is more beautiful than nature. If we lived in a sustainable world that would be, to me, a world where there were not pollution, no war, and trees everywhere. This may sound like a cliche, but nature is a big part in having a world with no worries in my opinion. A world where everyone is healthy and everyone can go skydiving.

Personally, I don't have very much freedom. When it comes to my culture, I should have some freedom, but my parents don't really agree with that. I'm pretty sure the government doesn't think I should have freedom, otherwise kids my age would have more privileges, like driving for instance.

I don't think I could make a sustainable world but I could make my life more sustainable. I could try recycling more and I could try to just have my life together and plant trees. Also since there isn't much about the city that attracts me, I could move, but since first I have to save up enough money to buy a house somewhere else, I think I could just try to keep things together around here.