interview
Submitted by Marina.KSHS_JP on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 22:47.
I interviewed my grandmother.
She grew up at a country in Hiroshima.
They didn’t need to buy food as much as we do now.
They grew vegetables and went fishing.
And exchanged each other’s.
Strictly speaking, they were not fisherman or farmer.
The village was so small that they couldn’t make large field.
Some people went fishing as kind of hobby.
They grew a little and fish a little.
But by exchange them, they could get various foods.
There wasn’t so much garbage as now.
They recycled everything.
Vegetables were finished off completely.
There were few peels or leaves, which would be thrown away.
And the garbage became fertilizer for their field.
Papers were finished off completely too.
And finally, they were burned and became fertilizer.
They knew how to use environmental power.
Sunlight, wind, water－
They sprinkled water to make breeze in summer.
They studied or did needlework on porch called enngawa to lighten.
They were how people saved energy.
Surprisingly, there still remains life like that.
They have smaller field than before.
They have small one like garden.
They grow tomatoes, potatoes, radishes, cucumber, etc and exchange them.
They finish off things as completely as they can.
They use environmental power to live comfortable.
Of course, garbage and energy they use are increasing.
But the lives are better for environment than that we do.
