| Biologically speaking, a community is a group of | | | | that all concerns with our individual food supply is a |
| individual organisms interacting in a shared environment. | | | | threat to our national community food supply. Maybe a |
| However in a human community, communities could be | | | | look at common food concerns to see how the |
| formed based on resources, needs, language, common | | | | pesticides and poisons that find their way in our food |
| foods, common environment or around anything | | | | supply may be more helpful that simply fighting for the |
| humanly conceivable. "Commonness" is the glue of the | | | | control of food itself. |
| community, this glue holds it all together. Commonness | | | | 3. Common language. Undoubtedly, English has |
| is the simple concept of finding commonality. In addition | | | | become the most spoken language in the world. This |
| to"commonness" after a community forms, there | | | | has been a blessing to many corners in the world that |
| needs to be a system of social cohesion. Social | | | | had been previously limited by communication. |
| cohesion it is not only the glue but forms a structure | | | | However, with the commonness of language, most |
| that is functional and increasing efficiency. In today's | | | | of the world's population is now able to communicate |
| world, I believe that looking at the idea of | | | | successfully. Commonness of language allows for |
| "commonness" maybe a more powerful ideology than | | | | intelligent dialogue and solution oriented action which |
| ever before. By really understanding that the world is | | | | would further the growth and the stability of our |
| round and all that happens "there" will soon happen | | | | environment. |
| "here" should awaken us from the "us" "them" divisive | | | | 4. Common Environment. All communities must share |
| mentality. Commonness allows us to build stronger | | | | an environment, whether it is ecological, geographical or |
| alliances to share the concept of "us" which is | | | | the world wide web. The environment is where the |
| collective. Neglecting this concept only allows us to | | | | individual agents interact. The environment is also very |
| focus on "them" which is divisive. Here are the areas | | | | unique in that it is usually the safe-haven where based |
| I've chosen. 1 Resources 2.language 3.food and | | | | on commonness, people are safe to be themselves, to |
| environment. I chose these because they are common | | | | be open about their innermost feelings and if nowhere |
| to all of us on this ball of mud so we can all relate. | | | | else, it serves as a life force where people and |
| 1. Common Resources. Isn't it amazing that of all of the | | | | "rejuvenate themselves. In the ecological community, if |
| resources we fight for, land, oil, energy and all the | | | | we don't look toward our common needs, for all |
| minerals in there is not one of them that we can take | | | | inhabitants, we run the risk of the ecology collapsing |
| with us after we die? In other words, we can't really | | | | and everyone who lives in our global community, |
| any own them! So isn't it counter intuitive to fight for | | | | namely the earth will see the collapse of life as we |
| something that even if you die in the process of | | | | know it. |
| chasing it, with the grip of the tightest fist; your fist will | | | | Here on earth our global community got smaller. Now |
| disintegrate and leave the precious metal behind? This | | | | more than ever, we have a chance to look more at |
| would suggest that they are not ours for the taking, | | | | what we have in common, what I have referred to |
| just the borrowing. Although we all need resources, we | | | | here as commonness, and realize that all of us are just |
| don't all need the same resources at the same time. | | | | in a common community called earth. If through our |
| Looking at common ways to share resources may | | | | carelessness and in our plight for advancement, we |
| promote better cohesion and stronger communities | | | | destroy our resources, food, individual and global |
| overall. | | | | environments, believing it was the "them" who caused |
| 2. Common Food. This should be a given; we all need | | | | it we "over there" we will self destruct. Our borders |
| it. We all have the same common food supply. As | | | | are as real as our communities themselves; they are |
| individual communities, we all strive to take care of our | | | | man made, man adjusted and man destroyed. |
| individual food supply. Can we do the same as an | | | | Likewise, we create our communities and we can |
| international community? Since we take care of our | | | | destroy them. |
| own food as individual communities, can we not realize | | | | |