Gardening More Meaningful than Voting in a Rigged Political System

On the other hand, for me this fundamental switch in priorities, from top-down to bottom-up, does not mean that I ignore the political system. Rather, I participate, when I can, and certainly to help elect local officials who do have local interests at heart.

The point is, we must do both, both acknowledge the corruption infecting our society seemingly at all levels while using the absolute fury generated from that recognition as fuel to empower a new society that already, in thousands upon thousands of local pockets, is being conceived and birthed by people who know each other personally, who love this beautiful land, and who decide to take back their own power, share the burden, and reconnect with the living Earth.

Here’s happy podmate Rebecca, a few weeks ago, on the ground in Green Acres.