I looked at several of the Ecovillage locations and decided to look at Ithaca Ecovillage since I had read into the book and there were several videos and sources online to check out. I think that I would like to visit this Eco-village to see more about the actual lifestyle. I would love to get a more intimate detail and experiences you can only get by doing them. The experience would be great and would likely inspire me to create one here in Hawaii to live on. I feel the sense of connection with earth and the importance it play on our quality of life. Ecovillage at Ithaca is a pretty impressive size for its affect on earth to be sustainable.
The most intriguing thing about the Ecovillage at Ithaca is the farming and food production. I think its very interesting to be able to produce most of your food consumed. The quality and taste is a lot better than the store and leaves you knowing where your food came from and what it was grown in. China has fruit orchards and the industrial pollution is so bad they have to bag or wrap each individual fruit on the tree to prevent them from being polluted and ruined. I fear these types of things. Or round-up ready crops are another scary issue with agriculture. I would like to know where my food comes from and how it's grown before I consume it and for now that's not an option I have, but I plan to do something like this for my own sustainability agriculture for my family. I would like to also incorporate their sense of community and trust. I think of the fifty's generation when I look at the Ecovillage model and see a great sense of relaxation. To not lock your house and not worry about your car or anything like that for that matter is amazing and would be a amazing experience.
Thanks for Reading Jon M Ellison
