Four words that hold up a village.
- Nature
- We live at the pace of the seasons and give back to the land and water as much as we take.
- Freedom
- Want nothing. Fear nothing.
- Self-reliance
- The way to that freedom is growing each person's strength to stand in mind and body. In real life that strength leans heavily on economic and material self-reliance, and that footing holds far better when people who share the same values stand in solidarity as each other's safety net than when anyone goes it alone.
- Humanity
- Love and trust grow between people who know each other's names and faces. That solidarity is not the village's end; it is what holds each person up until they can stand fully on their own.
