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Preparing the Garden Wh e n yo u are ready to prepa re t h e g a r d e n , yo u should plan a workd a y wh e re y o u invite parents, stu d e n ts, teachers , and c o m mun ity m embers to help. Once t h e g a rd e n i s p r e p a r e d , the challenge is to ma in t a in it a l l - yea r - r o u n d . Y ou will be mor e mo t iv a t e d t o m ain tain t.he garden well and t a k e p rid e i n i t i f yo u plan to have several e v e n t s s u c h as ha r ve st celebrations t h a t b rin q t h e co m m u n ity together. M ain ten a nce can become challe n g in g p a r t i cu la r ly during the summer. Ho we v e r, if y o u ha ve e stablished good relatio n s h ip s wit h c o mm un ity m e mbers, they will lik e ly be w i l l i ng to m aint,ain the garden. T h e y ma y e v e n b e willln g to help out with s u n rme r s c h o o l or sun mer camp programs t h a t u s e t h e g a r d en . Th ls is another reason wh y g a in in g s u p p or t fr o m and building relation s h ip s wit h y o u r l oca l community is importan t c o m mun ity m embers are truly a crit j-c a 1 r e s o ur ce tha t you should take ad v a n t a g e o f . Ultimately, building a school garden and then maintaining it will require a lot of d.edication and time, but it will become an important asset for both your school and comnunity.
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We have been taught to need things: lots of clothing, lots of space, lots of water and whole lot of other stuff. How much of that is necessar5z? Once upon a time, I ran away to sea. It wasn't quite like it might sound- I didn't have to dress up as a man, sell all my possessionsand not come home for seven yeaJs. I did, however, spend three months of my junior year of college learning about oceanography and sailing. We didn't see any pirates, but I delinitely swabbed the deck. The boat we lived on was 134 feet long. Although that might seem big for a sailboat, think about living and working and studying with 30 other people in that space. Think about carrying your entire life with you in that space. We carried all our water, food, fuel and personal supplies with us. When we needed to make repairs, carpenfir supplies appeared out of nowhere. The real necessitiestook precedence over luxuries and we used only what we really needed. We couldn't afford to count on getting supplies elsewhere- there was always the (slight) possibility that something might go wrong and we'd need the extra food or water or lumber we had on board. On the boat we used an average of 7 gallons per person each day. Americans use (on average)80-1OOgallons of water each day in their homes. On the boat, all the toilets were hand-pumped and used salt water (the largest household consumer of water is the toilet). We were allowed one 4minute fresh-water shower every third day, but as many saltwater showers as we wanted in between. All the sinks had automatic shut-offs. We never left the water running. All of my gear lived where I slept, in a bunk measuring 7 x 3 x 3 feet. I brought: ten pairs of underwear, ten t-shirts,
three long shirts, one pair of pants, four pairs of shorts, a sweatshirt, three pairs of socks, a rain jacket, sandals, boots, toiletries and some books. Even that seemed excessive and I didn't use eve4tthing I brought. I did laundry by hand in a five-gallon bucket (in salt water) and hung it up to dry. We have become terribly disconnected from what we consume. If our gas tanks run empty, we drive to a gas station and fill up. If we want a shower, we stand under running water for ten or fifteen minutes. If our pants tear, we don't patch them: we buy new pair. Now that I'm back at home, my clothing fills a dresser and the better part of a closet. Most of it I don't wear often. What if we thought about carrying our lives around with us on a boat? Most people don't ever spend three months on a boat, but it might not hurt if we acted like we do more often. If we knew how limited our resources really are, we might use them more wisely. Really, we're on one big, round, blue-green boat. The only things we have and ever will have are here already. It's a big planet, but not big enough for six billion people waste anything. The other thing life on the boat taught me was to think about the needs of others: if we take fllore than our fair share of anything, someone somewhere will miss out. I'm not saying everyone should become a pilgrim with a single outfit or run away to sea. The world needs people who aren't pilgrims and aren't busy running away to sea. But what if we thought more about what we reallg need? How much of what we use would make the list?
Emma Bishop spent her semester abroad with the Sea Education Association and is seriously considering running away to sea again in the very near future. She also thinks she probably did bring a skirt with her on the boat, too.
We have been taught to need things: lots of clothing, lots of space, lots of water and whole lot of other stuff. How much of that is necessar5z? Once upon a time, I ran away to sea. It wasn't quite like it might sound- I didn't have to dress up as a man, sell all my possessionsand not come home for seven yeaJs. I did, however, spend three months of my junior year of college learning about oceanography and sailing. We didn't see any pirates, but I delinitely swabbed the deck. The boat we lived on was 134 feet long. Although that might seem big for a sailboat, think about living and working and studying with 30 other people in that space. Think about carrying your entire life with you in that space. We carried all our water, food, fuel and personal supplies with us. When we needed to make repairs, carpenfir supplies appeared out of nowhere. The real necessitiestook precedence over luxuries and we used only what we really needed. We couldn't afford to count on getting supplies elsewhere- there was always the (slight) possibility that something might go wrong and we'd need the extra food or water or lumber we had on board. On the boat we used an average of 7 gallons per person each day. Americans use (on average)80-1OOgallons of water each day in their homes. On the boat, all the toilets were hand-pumped and used salt water (the largest household consumer of water is the toilet). We were allowed one 4minute fresh-water shower every third day, but as many saltwater showers as we wanted in between. All the sinks had automatic shut-offs. We never left the water running. All of my gear lived where I slept, in a bunk measuring 7 x 3 x 3 feet. I brought: ten pairs of underwear, ten t-shirts,
three long shirts, one pair of pants, four pairs of shorts, a sweatshirt, three pairs of socks, a rain jacket, sandals, boots, toiletries and some books. Even that seemed excessive and I didn't use eve4tthing I brought. I did laundry by hand in a five-gallon bucket (in salt water) and hung it up to dry. We have become terribly disconnected from what we consume. If our gas tanks run empty, we drive to a gas station and fill up. If we want a shower, we stand under running water for ten or fifteen minutes. If our pants tear, we don't patch them: we buy new pair. Now that I'm back at home, my clothing fills a dresser and the better part of a closet. Most of it I don't wear often. What if we thought about carrying our lives around with us on a boat? Most people don't ever spend three months on a boat, but it might not hurt if we acted like we do more often. If we knew how limited our resources really are, we might use them more wisely. Really, we're on one big, round, blue-green boat. The only things we have and ever will have are here already. It's a big planet, but not big enough for six billion people waste anything. The other thing life on the boat taught me was to think about the needs of others: if we take fllore than our fair share of anything, someone somewhere will miss out. I'm not saying everyone should become a pilgrim with a single outfit or run away to sea. The world needs people who aren't pilgrims and aren't busy running away to sea. But what if we thought more about what we reallg need? How much of what we use would make the list?
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