1)  i no longer live in SC.  plain and simple

2) is more complex.  i truly feel as though permies are not acting in line with our own ethical framework.  teaching the methodology, although a needed element, is not the practice of permaculture.  We need Co-Operative business enterprises in solar and wind energy, animal husbandry, mushroom cultivation etc, so that we may earn enough to afford to live in the area and address local food/energy etc at the same time.  This is the practice, stacking functions, being the change, using waste streams to make profits etc.. not taking a workshop 1x/quarter.  Too often I find permaculture enterprises are structured in the exact same way that capitalist ones are, with 1 individual at the top who makes the decisions, and lots more worker bees living in poverty, which is 100% in contradiction to the ethical framework of the practice.  i wrote this all into an article with interviews and research only to be threatened by the lawyers of rich permies before it got published and then dropping the whole thing to protect myself.  I only joined the methodology because it has an ethical framework, and now I am leaving it behind because it is largely not followed.  the methodology will remain one of my hobbies and an ever-growing interest for research and discovery, but I use the word 'permaculture' now more sparingly than I ever have in the past and I am opting out of most of these lists.  hopefully one day i will see a permaculture Co-Op that is actually doing projects that pay living wages for the cost of living in this area and also addressing urgent needs at the same time.  perhaps then i will re-subscribe.  

wishing you all the very best, good luck in your endeavors

peace

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