introduction to permaculture for children…. through Fables!
By Silvia Ferretti. Preface by Saviana Parodi Delfino; illustrations by Federica Balestri
with contributions from Mariarita Morello.
FREE INTERPRETATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF PERMACULTURE IN TWO TALES (e 124 p.)
… “If we humans were Deer… it’s like right now we’re harvesting quintals and quintals of grass, from the meadows and where there’s no grass we’re trying to produce it, using chemicals… and then putting it away, in warehouses, also trying to keep some of it from rotting… and then trying to sell it all, to the other Deer that are left waiting. And when we’ve sold all the grass we can, with that money we’ve made, we go and buy food… it’s really COMPLETE! Don’t you think so? Humanity has really become entangled…”
Fairy tales teach that dreaming is not escapism, but training to change the world. Those who grow up with stories in their ears soon learn that reality can be reinvented: one day, that child will be an adult who dares, creates, imagines new solutions. And perhaps, one day, he will tell fairy tales himself. Fairy tales feed the imagination, build memories, teach how to live. And in a hectic age, they give something rare: time to stop, embrace each other’s ears and say, without words, “I am here with you. “
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