A neighbour sent me a query saying, "Do you know anyone selling mulberry plants?"
I don't even remotely know the answers to most questions like these and have nothing close to green fingers. Anyway, thought of sharing this query. In no time, the replies came in. Aparna wrote in to say: "Saplings available for free on Saturday at the Campal give-away." Nestor Rangel added: "I will have [these] in August. Normal mulberry and kingwhite mulberry." Kenny D'Mello said: "You can have cuttings from me, they grow fast. I am in Dona Paula." Ruena/Agnel Ribeiro said: "I too have. I am at Calangute. Anyone can come and take too." A day later, my senior neighbour, Mrs Vaz, wrote back to say: "Things worked fast for me. Joseph Mascarenhas... came all the way from Assagao just now and delivered it to me. Gave him an Iron Cross begonia pot in exchange. Was happy." So happy me too that the sharing economy can indeed work, and demonstrably so, even if in small ways. We keep asking where is the old Goan way of life gone, when it's here, right under our nose. Depending on one's perspective, this could be so reminiscent of John 6:1-15 (check it out!). Or, the tonnes of Free Software created by movements like the GNU, far away from the clutches of a Bill Gates and Micro$oft. Or, oodles of Open Access knowledge, Creative Commons texts, photos, and even music. This is what happens when people take to sharing. Never mind all efforts to sabotage the sharing economy and disrupt movements towards that goal. Want to be part of this? Join the Saligao Seed Bank -- don't ask why it was thus named, just because it was started there, and initially thought of as a small village initiative. Today it has members even from Brazil and Europe... maybe there to share the information. Actually, no, you can't join that network. It already has (a WhatsApp maximum) of 257 members and is completely filled up. But, another group is just getting going, and it's the Saligao Seed Bank 2. It might take a few days to get active, but you can definitely go there, participate, and add value as much as you hope to receive. Join it at https://chat.whatsapp.com/K2pB4jR27T9EJRuqdv5TK0 [FN 9822122436] -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ FN * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436 _/ See a different Goa here, via _/ https://youtube.com/c/frederickfnnoronha _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/