都市農耕

by Peter Morehead                                        

On Buy Nothing Day 2008, students from Taiwan’s first Permaculture Design Course planted a guerrilla garden in the 228 Peace Park in downtown Taipei. Like many successful ecosystems and guerrilla gardens, we benefitted from the edge effect: in this case, the edge of two bureaucratic invisible structures where precious urban space is kept in disuse. The neglected piece of land we chose is right next to the Taiwan National Museum, which is located within the park. The park headquarters thought the land belonged to the museum, while the museum thought the land belonged to the park. As a result, this four-by-three meters square piece of land had been kept non-vegetated for years…until we came along last November.

11月22, 23日在我們正式結業後，一週內，多位在北部的同學們一起響應了"國際無消費日"，並且以相當符合全球都市需求的訴求來慶祝這個節日。今年，我們的訴求是：倡導屬於人民的經濟模式--在地消費、自產食物、以物易物。 大家希望藉由都市農耕行動來練習在Permaculture基礎設計課程的所學，同時，邀請民眾一起來當都市農夫！

在全球經濟不景氣的寒冬，響應無消費日的伙伴以「蔬果超人游擊隊」為主角，頭戴綠葉妝點的斗笠、全身披掛各種蔬果作的花環，用歡慶豐收的心情，帶著各式各樣的蔬果菜苗上街散步，手舉「國際無消費日、來當都市農夫」，要路人加入在都市空地農耕的行列，以達到「自給自足的生活、慶祝少消費的快樂」！