Rebuilding Rural Cooperation

Historically, rural communities depended upon cooperation. People shared knowledge, labour, equipment and responsibility. As rural populations declined, many of these relationships weakened. Rebuilding them is part of landscape regeneration.

• Knowledge can be shared.
• Equipment can be shared.
• Experiments can be compared.
• Mistakes can be discussed.
• Successful practices can spread.

Healthy landscapes support healthy communities, and healthy communities are far better able to care for landscapes.