Revisiting the Good Life

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October/November 2008
By Roger Doiron 
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While my own accomplishments may not rank with theirs, I suspect that if the Nearings were alive today they would find my attempt at living the good life in boomtown not so bad. Last year, my family and I managed to meet half of our fresh produce needs through our modest one-third-acre suburban lot, and helped some of our neighbors dig new gardens, too. There’s still much work to be done to bring the world and my own part of it into proper balance, but it’s work with a purpose, which was the work that Helen and Scott liked best.

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About the Good Life Center

You can visit the scenic homestead built by Scott and Helen Nearing, located near Harborside, Maine. It is now known as The Good Life Center. The Center’s mission is to perpetuate the philosophies and life ways promoted and exemplified by the Nearings. A range of public programs promote participation in the advancement of social justice; creative integration of the mind, body and spirit; and deliberate choice in living responsibly and harmoniously in an increasingly complicated world. Learn more at The Good Life Center Web site.

Roger Doiron is the founding director of Kitchen Gardeners International, a Maine-based nonprofit network of 7,000 gardeners from 100 countries. 
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