[ChatAction] Community Gardens

Sat Dec 26 12:53:58 MST 2020

Dear Shannon, dear All

I wonder, Shannon – if you have had the time to do some thorough research on the concept of “community gardens” – and considered how you could relate to the considerable work and activity that is already going on?

You might start with the Wikipedia article – which does list a lot of resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_gardening

This article reviews community gardens in the USA and mentions that in Los Angles country, there are 125 community gardens and in the Denver area there are over 100:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_gardening_in_the_United_States

This website is the official website of the American Community Garden Association:

https://www.communitygarden.org/

So I am just wondering – is this a wheel that needs to be (re-)invented and financed, or a well-established party-in-progress where you would probably fit in beautifully?

Bruce Schuman

Santa Barbara CA USA

bruceschuman at cox.net <mailto:bruceschuman at cox.net>  / 805-705-9174

www.origin.org <http://www.origin.org> 

From: ChatAction <chataction-bounces at communitymagic.org> On Behalf Of Shannon McArthur via ChatAction
Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2020 10:04 AM
To: Nirmalan Dhas <mentor at slt.lk>; ChatAction List <chataction at communitymagic.org>
Subject: Re: [ChatAction] [ChatPeople] FDR Knew How to Solve Today's Unemployment Crisis

Nirmalan, the article offers the answer to your question: "China built 12,000 miles of high-speed rail in a decade: credit created on the books of  <https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/chinese-financial-system-elliott-yan.pdf> government-owned banks was advanced to pay for workers and materials, and the loans were  <https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704025304575283953879199386> repaid with profits from passenger fees. "

This is interesting - I wonder if/how this form of banking could accommodate the financing of establishment of Our Heart Gardens. Holding the intention of participation in Oh-Gs being free, who would pay? Personally, I like the idea of tapping the government agencies who provide services to the participants, and businesses that use the facility to serve their mandate. I invite all imaginations to play in that field with me... Perhaps artists who sell the work they create with/in an Oh-G would pay (a tax or a fee?)... cooks who sell prepared meals (as opposed to those who serve participants freely) would pay - based on their income from sales - perhaps... 

This is an interesting avenue of inquiry. There are many avenues down which I have never ventured and I value your input... This is the fun part!!

Love

Shannon

On Sat, Dec 26, 2020 at 6:18 AM Nirmalan Dhas via ChatAction <chataction at communitymagic.org <mailto:chataction at communitymagic.org> > wrote:

…"the country still needs trillions of dollars in infrastructure. Putting the unemployed to work on those infrastructure projects seems an obvious solution”

Who pays back and how…

Anyone worked it too a spread sheet….?

> On Dec 22, 2020, at 02:02, stan at othernetworks.org <mailto:stan at othernetworks.org>  wrote:
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> Oops... 
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> Here's the link:
> https://scheerpost.com/2020/12/17/fdr-knew-exactly-how-to-solve-todays-unemployment-crisis/
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