food – White Walking Feather's School for the Pacem Arts

In the spring of 2020, I recorded a series of videos to help people navigate through the challenging times we are facing. I shared my 15+ years of experience living off grid and explored what it would take to remove my dependency from the grid and obtain true independence. Below is a series of videos that covers six topics. It is an introduction into the type of work that is required to reconcile our relationship with Mother Earth, Creator and empower ourselves to build independence and say no to those that would entice us into slavery. Welcome to the Peace Garden and it is recommended that this be viewed as an introduction into the Pacem Arts.

Food Sovereignty

The premise of this video is to explore what steps an individual can take to not only remove their dependency on the corporate industrial food complex, which is toxic and extremely unhealthy for life in general, but also to rebuild our relationship with the spiritual beings on this planet that are here to serve, nourish, cloth and protect us.

Water Sovereignty

Water is life and through pollution and corporate efforts to control and capitalize on water, it is no longer being viewed as a basic human need. People are completely dependent on the state and corporate empire to provide them with water to drink, bath and cook with. It is time that we explore how we can take back the responsibility for providing for our own needs and water is near the top of that list.

Shelter Sovereignty

It may seem odd to people, but in this area of the world, shelter is the top need we have. We can survive weeks without food and days without water, but only hours without shelter. So this is the top priority when exploring how to return to the land while removing ourselves from the grip of the banksters, government thugs and truly connecting with our duty and responsibility for providing for our shelter needs ourselves.

Energy Sovereignty

This video discusses my experiences exploring how I could become energy independent. When people talk about living off grid, the first thing they think of is solar panels, but this topic goes far beyond electricity and explore energy in general. This includes electricity, but also heating our homes, storing energy and how to manage it when we are no longer dependent on the industrial energy mafia.

Waste Sovereignty

Waste sovereignty may seem like an odd topic, but the goal here is to modify our behaviours so that we don’t produce any waste. This is a monumental challenge given the industrialized system that we have built around us, which generates a tremendous amount of waste. By exploring the waste we produce, we can find areas where we can modify how we live and find more gentle ways to walk upon the earth.

Personal Sovereignty

The last of this series of videos, I explore what it will take to remove our dependencies on external authority and accept responsibility for self-governance. This is a complex topic, which is explored in far more detail in other courses and offerings on this site. But this video is a good introduction to the topic as we examine the journey of maturity, self responsibility and even building inter-independent relationships with others who are also on this path.

When you are done these videos, I recommend you watch the UNPLUG workshop as it expands on these principles and prepares the student for the Journey Towards Truth modules. I hope you enjoyed these videos.

For years people have asked me how they can grow food without land and while living in the city. For years I have talked about building relationships and connecting with people who have land.

Not many are willing to make significant changes in their lives in order to do what it takes! I suspect it is fear and a lack of knowledge that keeps people stuck. So ironically, I find myself in a situation this year where I have no land and I’m confronted with growing food during a period where food shortages are a clear and present danger for the majority if people.

What did I do? I I built relationships and approached people who have land. I’m working with two families this year and spending a lot of time on these relationships. I’m also helping both of them as they did not have gardens and was not sure how to proceed. So in exchange of sharing the food, I’m teaching them how to garden.

The picture above is the garden here in town which was nothing but a lawn about 6 weeks ago. It is about 1000 square feet, taking up the majority if the back yard. The other family owns an acreage out of town and they now have a 2000+ square foot garden as well (third picture).

In both of these gardens we have about 1100 hills of potatoes (total), carrots, peas, lettuce, cucumbers, dill, beats, radish, sunflowers, spinach, turnip, zucchini, pumpkin, onions and a few other plants. On top of that, I am teaching them how to harvest wild foods as there is plenty of that growing around, available for anybody to harvest.

I’m harvesting food for me and others through a win/win relationship with multiple families, all while having no land of my own to steward. Teaching others how to steward is proving to be rewarding as well. Having two gardens is also spreading the risk as the failure of one garden due to hail or other natural events does not mean 100% failure of our crops. I’m rather enjoying this approach.

If you live in the city or a small town, have no land and still want to grow your own food, there is plenty of opportunities to do that! Get out there, get your hands dirty and let’s get to work. There is no reason why people should go hungry. That duty and responsibility is up to the individual. For those that have the ability and will, our duty is to then feed those that do not have the ability and confront those who lack the will!

All of this requires the capacity to build healthy relationships with other people, with Mother Earth and the knowledge helps too! The knowledge is out there, being shared by people all over the world. What most people are missing is the courage to reach out to other people, talk to them and work on building relationships so that they can share with one another. The Pacem Arts can help people heal and practice what it takes to build those relationships.

I pray that my example here inspires others to do the same. It is VERY possible to be food independent without owning land. There are people out there wanting to learn and share. Be creative! There is literally food all around us. People die of starvation in a sea of food. What we are lacking is the knowledge, will and ability to see it for what it is. We have been hoodwinked into thinking that only that which we find in a store is actually food. That context is absolutely false. Expanding our palette and minds, we will find food all around us and be able to harvest it, store it and nourish our bodies when others are starving. We are then in a position to help them and ensure nobody goes hungry, especially when the food system collapses and the financial system melts down.

It is not even July yet and we are eating out of the garden and preserving food for winter for two families!!! Doing what it takes!