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Urban gardens take shape on derelict patches of city land.
In Detroit, artists take over old factories and warehouses creating art from what lies around them. Vacant buildings are re-born as community centers
People like Alice Waters are part of the The Slow Food Movement; educating consumers about the benefits of preserving and promoting local and traditional food products,
In Australia, a woman named, Rhonda has retired with her husband and describes her lifestyle this way "We spend our days now doing as much for ourselves as we can."
It is profoundly interesting that we seem to be returning to life's fundamentals; having a quiet 21st century renaissance or re-birth in the areas of food, the arts, the importance of family and inter-city community.The recent economic downfall may have been precipitated by corporate gluttony but on the upside it has opened the way to new realizations. How fast food is causing obesity & costly health related issues, that family disconnect is out of control and why a city’s orchestra does have a place in our cultural fabric.
Where does that leave us the women who run small businesses, have families on tight pre-planned schedules and make food choices that err on the side of the convenient. We are not unhappy in our Blackberry, sleek stainless steel refrigerator, reading "Jane Eyre” from our Kindle world. So are we feeling the need for a female renaissance?
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