Product of America(USA)'s poverty...

Being able to completely sustain your lifestyle is free and you can even make money off of it. That is how it used to be done but now we pay for water, electricity, housing, rent land space, rent cars, pay for gas etc. People used to use horses or make their own fuel, you can now, with bio-diesel. Growing your own food, making your own electricity, creating your own fuel is possible but it does take space, time and money to start. Its getting cheaper to do every day. I think our generation can break off from dependency on the systems/companies that have been put in place disrupting independent free life and contributing to poverty. We are taught to depend on the convenience of the grocery store with its trucked in mass produced food, minimart full of easily digestible plastic junk food, gas stations with expensive foreign oil our favorite war time product and all the little modern conveniences we dont have to think about too much. I think it was in fight club where Brad Pitt said the things you own end up owning you. It will take time, community, sharing and understanding. When people stop caring about everyone and everything they interact with or consume and walk around unconsciously consuming there is no reason to help others, think about poverty or injustice. Its all about where am I'm going to get my next meal? Where can I buy what that person has? I want/need one! Instead of when can I go pick my next meal from my garden and share my extra crop with the community or make a few bucks. The first hunt leaves little room for consideration of others you are not immediately responsible for, especially into today's world of mediated communication and the growing isolated behavior in people. We should all care about each other, our consumption and our actions because we are all part of the same systems of being. A little concern and caring can go a long way for everyone and everything. Walk around conscious. We are certainly capable.

out of the mouths of babes..yes the way of life is based upon dependancy now and it is sad..because we depend upon one thing to live..money and its not just one country its global..and the ones who want to live independant from others well there resources are cut off and evenually starve to death and the world does not care cause they are too busy making..money.

More fair trade please. :o)