Self-Sufficient Communities
Recently, many people have been trying to change their lives in order
to ( 21 ).
One way they do this is by choosing products that create less pollution,
such as vegetables that have been grown without using chemicals.
Also, by buying from local producers,
they reduce the amount of fossil fuel needed to transport products.
Some people even join “selfsufficient communities.”
In these
communities, people work together to produce everything they need to live food,
clothes, furniture, fuel, and medicines.
In the 1970s, an Englishman named John Seymour promoted the idea of selfsufficiency.
He had spent much of his life ( 22 ).
For example, he went to South Africa and managed a sheep farm.
While he was there, he spent time with local people who taught him
how to find food in the wild.
He also made a journey from Europe to India,
observing how different agricultural communities lived.
These experiences gave Seymour the idea of trying to get away from cities,
offices, and factories.
Seymour published a book in 1976 which explained
how to do things like growing crops and keeping bees.
At the time, the book inspired thousands of people to join selfsufficient communities.
However, most of these people found the lifestyle challenging,
and they had given up by the early 1980s.
Now, though, the idea is attracting interest again.
Many young people are turning away from city life and becoming farmers.
This time, many of them have decided not to be completely selfsufficient.
( 23 ), they are using modern technology to earn enough money to buy things
that are difficult to produce themselves. |
英語検定 ２級(2021年第1回No.3)