Trixy Krix - humans of 2484
Introducing gorgeous community minded Trixy (Therese) Krix
“What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other?”
“If you grow a fruit tree, Therese reminds us, you’ll end up with more than you need. When we have more than we need, then we have something to share with family, friends, neighbours, and other community members. Sharing, caring, and connecting with others in the community, through growing and giving food, is something Therese holds close to her heart.
Many people are only one life circumstance away from hunger or homelessness, whether that's through the loss of a job, a relationship, or a change in their health.
Therese considers herself lucky to be living in paradise. 2484 is a place as close to heaven as you could hope for. But of course what can stop us from enjoying this paradise is our own attitude…or other people’s!
Therese’s vision is to create more networks for sharing, starting with simple things like leaving surplus fruit, vegetables, seeds, outside your house. Therese has been inspired by It Takes a Town's Fruit Tree Trail, and Grow Free, a home-grown free food movement started in South Australia, which sets up food carts in suburban streets and public places, where you ‘take what you need and give what you can.’ She can see a food cart on every corner of 2484 for sharing home-grown produce, and fruit trees growing out the front of each home, creating a chain of plenty throughout the neighbourhood, a street orchard.
We took on the fashion of lawns, which, in English culture, was once a mark of wealth and privilege, now considered a suburban norm. We can change that paradigm, create a new 'normal' — ‘show you care, grow to share,’ by planting something edible in our front gardens to share with our neighbours. Street libraries, sharing fruit and vegetables, food carts with surplus produce and seeds, making paradise a reality for all who live here.
Therese would like to see more public housing, in particular for women and children escaping domestic violence. Children own the future, so their care should be of paramount importance in our community. Secure, affordable housing and food security are necessary for everyone's welfare, and the children in our community are relying on us to provide that.
The world you want starts at your own front door.”
