The Good Life 2.0
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
Remember the classic sitcom “The Good Life?” John Seymour, the man whose books inspired the series, spent the latter part of his life on his small holding in Wexford. Despite his profound commitment to being self-sufficient and living off-grid, towards the end of his life he told Patrick Bridgeman of Positive Life that total self-sufficiency was just too difficult; what he envisioned for the future was co-sufficiency: self-reliant local communities that could work together to meet their needs and make the transition to a post-industrial society independent of fossil fuel.
To this end, the Cultivate Centre has developed a course to nurture community sustainability called “Community Powerdown – Training for Leadership, Livelihoods and Local Resilience.” It can be taken as a weekend intensive workshop or over a ten-week period. The Powerdown Show, made for broadcast on DCTV, is also available from Cultivate as a DVD. We can’t all live off-grid or in eco-communities, but within the lifestyles we already enjoy we can change so much to improve our co-sufficiency - this show might just be The Good Life for the twenty-first century!
