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| − | + | '''Self-sufficiency''' refers to the state of not requiring any outside aid, support, or interaction, for survival; it is therefore a type of personal or collective autonomy. On a large scale, a totally self-sufficient economy that does not trade with the outside world is called an [[autarky]]. | |
| − | + | The term self-sufficiency is usually applied to varieties of [[sustainable living]] in which nothing is consumed outside of what is produced by the self-sufficient individuals. Examples of attempts at self-sufficiency in North America include [[voluntary simplicity]], [[homesteading]], [[survivalism]], and the [[back-to-the-land movement]]. | |
| − | + | According to Michael Allaby and Peter Bunyard, “there is nothing really new in the search of “self-sufficiency”. The pioneers who first colonized the New World, Australia, and parts of Africa were self-sufficient because they had to be and, in this context, the term suggests a kind of rugged independence associated with mastering a new and rather hostile environment.”<ref>Allaby, Michael and Peter Bunyard. ''The Politics of Self-Sufficiency''. Oxford: [[Oxford University Press]], 1980. ISBN 0-19-217695-1</ref> | |
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| − | + | Practices that enable or aid self-sufficiency include [[autonomous building]], [[permaculture]], [[sustainable agriculture]], and [[renewable energy]]. | |
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| + | The term is also applied to limited forms of self-sufficiency, for example growing one's own food or becoming economically independent of state [[subsidy|subsidies]]. | ||
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| + | It should also be noted that any kind of information in order to help survive (or prepare) any sort of disaster. | ||
Revision as of 22:58, 3 December 2009
Self-sufficiency refers to the state of not requiring any outside aid, support, or interaction, for survival; it is therefore a type of personal or collective autonomy. On a large scale, a totally self-sufficient economy that does not trade with the outside world is called an autarky.
The term self-sufficiency is usually applied to varieties of sustainable living in which nothing is consumed outside of what is produced by the self-sufficient individuals. Examples of attempts at self-sufficiency in North America include voluntary simplicity, homesteading, survivalism, and the back-to-the-land movement.
According to Michael Allaby and Peter Bunyard, “there is nothing really new in the search of “self-sufficiency”. The pioneers who first colonized the New World, Australia, and parts of Africa were self-sufficient because they had to be and, in this context, the term suggests a kind of rugged independence associated with mastering a new and rather hostile environment.”[1]
Practices that enable or aid self-sufficiency include autonomous building, permaculture, sustainable agriculture, and renewable energy.
The term is also applied to limited forms of self-sufficiency, for example growing one's own food or becoming economically independent of state subsidies.
- ↑ Allaby, Michael and Peter Bunyard. The Politics of Self-Sufficiency. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980. ISBN 0-19-217695-1
