Re: ecovillage and sustainability

well John
I can tell you that hunter-gatherer instinct is pretty much still alive in  
the consciousness of  most people, wether they like it or not, it's  what 
probably get them out of bed in the morning....the dormancy of this human  role has 
come about as we became farmer, shepherd...we moved from nomad state to  that 
of settler. We then began to domesticate animals, select wild  plants to 
become our grain cereals, & cultivate them in order to ensure  their 
continuance...what a shift...the beginning of COMMUNITY life (the  foundation)? Man settles 
in one place & to ensure continuity of his food  cultivates grain. Could 
grain still be the glue today for the sustainable  beginnings of a Community Life 
in 2004 (non GM of course, or maybe there is a  bigger picture there that we 
cannot see, as most of us cannot see the forest for  the trees)
choos
William