This is where we started out our trip, in Unity, ME.
It rained non-stop (except at night) for both days we attended. But during a brief sunny moment we took a tour of the MOFGA Homstead and spoke with one of the farmers in residence.
We’re in Chicago right now! Niether of us have been here before so we’re excited to explore a little.
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A + M
Technorati Tags: Sustainable, Green, Road Trip, Common Ground Fair, Farming, Maine
great story! i liked what she had to say. i always wondered what the common ground fair looked like. we always had those posters hanging in the kitchen in JP!
nice work gals!
Great work.
I feel like it’s not complete. It’s great to know how this way of life (sustainable living) is good for each individual that practices it. But I’m interested in how the rest of the community views it. I know you’re bogged down with all the footage that you’ve been taking, but perhaps once you get into a rhythm, you can start to dedicate more tape to asking how other visitors respond to it. I think you are so well grounded on the practiced side of sustainable living, but I think what is equally important is to come from and represent the receiving end of this movement, how will it spread?
I hope this was helpful.
I’m so excited to see how this project will change and shift, and how it will grow not only ours but your own awareness.
Good luck
Thanks for capturing this aspect of the fair, we’ve gone for the last three years and there is so much going on there that it’s nearly impossible to see it all or hear all of these types of stories. And the weather was pretty miserable this year as well. Keep up the good work!
-Kent.
So cool. I wish I could have been there, or at least watched a video that explained it to me. Sustainability seems to be getting too broad of a connection for the arc of these videos. I also have difficulty with the sound production value.
video studio love
-boaz
p.s.
Y’all’re great. You are forging a new medium for documentary: the social Vlog. Keep it up.
i don’t understand what boaz is saying. wasn’t that the point of this project? to get individual takes on what sustainability is for them, therefore gathering a larger view of what it means for this country and the world? um, or does he mean that there isn’t enough information on exactly what they think sustainablity means as a definition? i kind of get what he’s saying. but i also don’t think you need to be so direct with your questioning. you’re showing examples of people living in a way that connects them to eachother and the land. and to me that’s a good example of what a sustainable lifestyle can look like.
i want to see more videos so that we can have more examples on what this project is. i feel that people aren’t seeing all the rich connections you guys are having, because, well, they’re not posted. we’re eagerly following this blog and it seems to be lacking in consistant content which is a little bit of a let down considering all the community support this has recieved. not to be a bummer here but this is how i’m feeling. so here is a gentle nudge from Pune, India…
Hey, this is a nice video. I never knew MOFGA existed beforehand. If editing is slowing you down in your production process, then you might try just finding a good moment and trimming off all the less exciting stuff before and after and posting that. You can give it more context in the text post. I’m just putting this out there, because I can see the above post had lots of edits, and while that’s cool, it might make sense to worry less about that in the interest of getting more stuff up faster.
Looking forward to more!
The comments about security vs. fulfillment in life are very much appreciated.
We’re at a point in America where we’re working to maintain the system to maintain the system.