The Cowherd and Weaver Girl: An Old Story About Taking Care of
1. Living locally
At first, the cowherd (farmer) and weaver (clothes-maker) live together:
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He grows the crops
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She makes their clothes
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They don’t waste anything, this shows how communities can provide for themselves without harming nature
2. Being too far apart
When they get separated to opposite sides of the Milky Way
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Today, things we buy travel a long distance
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We don’t see how they’re made or who makes them
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This makes it easy to waste things and hurt the environment
3. The Magpie Bridge Solution
The birds that help them meet once a year teaches us
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We need connections between people who make things and people who use them
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Trade should be fair and shouldn’t hurt nature