Archive for March, 2010

An interview with the founder of a modern movement toward self-sufficiency.

What: Building a homegrown, sustainable, urban homestead. Interview with Jules Dervaes, Founder of the Urban Homesteading Movement
Who: WISH: Women’s International Summit for Health
When: RESCHEDULED: Friday, March 12, 2010, 8:00 p.m. – Saturday, March 13, 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Where: Online at WISH Summit – Jules Dervaes. (Note: link will not be active until Friday, March 12 [...]

Path to Freedom is itself a dichotomy: a farm in the city, a “peaceful” revolution. It’s an oasis, an example and a subtle confrontation. It is simultaneously, an “urban homestead,” which existed before the term, and also one family’s quest to find “freedom” amid the chaos of city life.