We recently moved from the concrete jungle to the woods to live a life of freedom in a community setting homestead. We like permaculture, upcycling, art, music, traveling, things that make you feel good and creating a healthy environment for our great grand children and their kids.
Before moving onto our property I had been asked the question of how we had been preparing for this new lifestyle. In answer to that question, I mentioned something I had learned, a new concept (to me) called the 8 Forms of Capital.
Essentially these 8 forms remind us of the many different types of capital we have readily available, if we pay attention to our environment. Where we are, with nearly 20 acres, we have an abundance of untapped capital, as long as we play our cards with sustainabilty in mind.
Here's what they are briefely:
- Intelectual Capital
- Experiential Capital
- Spiritual Capital
- Cultural Capital
- Social Capital
- Living Capital
- Material Capital
- Financial Capital
You see how money can be found just about anywhere, if you look hard enough???
I find this chart so amazing... I had to show it again!
Last friday, I got a call from a prepper friend who lives near by, he wanted to bring me to the relycling center where he'd put some fencing aside for me. He had been talking to me about this place for a while, he even brought me a few good things from there before, like a koy fish pond liner and a whole kid's bowling game set.
I was like a kid in a candy store
We went to this place and I just couldn't believe my eyes! The workers there, were super nice, I got introduced as the new kid on the block, having just moved from the big city to the country to live off grid and I felt very welcome!
Look at that, there are so many valuable things in there! All I wanted to do was spend my entire day sifting through that pile of junk... I really was like a kid in a candy store!
I'm not sure why I didn't take pictures of all the treasure I collected but we now are proud owners of a new (to us) red beach cruiser bike, which is the same color as our little human's bike, a bucket full of galvanised roofing nails, around 100 ft of fencing, a dozen metal fence posts, a beautiful wooden table, a folding chair, and a 100 gallon propane tank with a bit of gas still in it!!!
What a score!
That was a great example and experience of how valuable Social Capital can be... and that was just a taste of this 8 forms of capital concept. I can't wait to explore more of it!
We got rich and cleaned up the dump... just a tiny little bit 😁!
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