Sustainability and self sufficiency have meaning

[JWFITZ]

I think it's really important for those of us who saw this coming and are perhaps a little ahead of the curve and more prepared to realize that the larger portion of the responsibility of keeping our community intact is going to fall into our laps. It isn't going to be within the means of the "others" whether that's services, utilities, or governments to maintain the basic needs of society. Those "others" are officially bankrupt. We're going to have to provide those for ourselves or go without. Hawaii, and Puna, in particular, was hanging by a thread on that score anyway.

So, I guess, for starts plant a bigger garden so the kids next door will have something to eat next spring.