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Hello, I'm Nyss. The closest I came to this kind of work when I was a child was my occasionally helping pick beans in my Grandpa's garden and being fortunate enough to own horses for a few years. Now I live in a tent and work on a permaculture site with my boyfriend, dog, cat, and 7-10 other people who are more-or-less my friends (community living has its challenges). 11-year-old-me would NOT have expected this would be where I would turn up. I found this guild because it was the only one that came up under a permaculture key word search, and it looks like quite the haven. THANKS FOR EXISTING!

I am currently assisting in a project to bring better sustainability to a small homestead. We're building an Earthship, a kitchen and herb garden, reclaiming an orchard, and taking care of some small livestock. We've built our own shelter, cooking prep table, and outdoor larder shelves, a solar shower, and compost toilets. Granted, we are in a very rural area, but I was raised out of fast food bags and pizza boxes and was distinguished in my family because I knew how to use the bus. If I can be doing this, so can anyone, anywhere, somehow.

My future pursuits are schooling for holistic landscape development, "eco-urbanism", and midwifery. My true passion is horses and has been since anyone can remember. I would like to one day own a sustainable cooperative hobby farm, combining my embryo dreams of horses with these new passions and skills that I am learning. Roughing it like this makes me confident that anyone can do something, which you've all heard before I'm sure. I know a lot of people that prepare for living in the woods, but believe me, until you actually do it understand that little things like turning off the light is something that you can do and it is doing something! There might be a day when you are thankful that's one of your "only" responsibilities.

I can't wait to meet all of you and read everything and pipe in every now and again!

Hello, my name is Brenda although I prefer to be referred to as Rikku!
I am a 19 year old female, soon to be 20 on the 24th of September!

I love sustainable living but I've only RECENTLY gained complete control over my living style in the last few months. After attending college for my first year I decided that I wasn't ready for another 4-year commitment to education and that I wanted to know what working to pay bills was like. So far I have seriously enjoyed my life as a waitress, and I live in a 3 bedroom apartment with my boyfriend and his roommate with my two pet rats Merry and Pippin.

Now that I am not living under my mother's roof, I have the freedom to make any lifestyle decisions I want to. That means I can HAVE a recycling bin AND an herb garden in my kitchen! scream TAKE THAT, MOTHER. rofl

Anyway, I hope to learn a lot from this guild and to make some friends!

Hello, I am Barry (not my real name but you know the deal). I am a 20 year old originally from Washington State though currently not residing there. I will be moving back in the spring. .. I hope.
I am interested in sustainable living. Within the next 10 years, I plan to own a farm in eastern Washington to grow my own food and have a place to paint.

Indeed. The West Coast is the best coast. I'm on the opposite side of the country right now. I can see the Atlantic from a window down the hall. :/

♥ Hello, my name is Aminah. I am almost nineteen-years-old and I have been interested in living organically since I visited my sister on a holiday five years ago.
My sister has always been green and whilst visiting her I discovered my love for it.
I travel back and forth between my partner and I's home to my parents, as I am my father's official carer when my mother is away working. It is something that I love doing which is why I plan on taking a course in caring next year.
As for living organically, our home's backyard has many types of fruit trees surrounded by a large empty garden mostly full of irises that I am slowly filling up. I spend most of my free time out there. Right now, money is tight, but hopefully next year, I'll be able to buy compost and a few pots for a herb garden. We have no need to have a veggie-patch as my father-in-law has a few acres cluttered with many vegetables each season.
I also enjoy many crafty hobbies such as writing, up-cycling, cooking and baking and sewing. I'd really love to meet people with similar interests and learn from them.

A late welcome to the guild! Have you started up a garden this year? How is it going?

Welcome! Sorry for the tardy reply. Did you get some herbs growing? I'm a big fan on irises, I have dozens myself and hope that they'll bloom this year.


Welcome to the guild! I hope you find it very helpful. :3

Hi! Welcome to the guild. :3

Hawaii! Sounds like an amazing place to live. Haven't been there myself, but have vacation plans to be there sometime in the near future.

Seeds are addictive. I have two shoe boxes filled with seeds as I like to grow them from scratch too.