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We often live in ways that give rise to problems, then implement fixes to solve them. What if instead, we lived in ways that didn’t create those problems in the first place? That’s what our newest series Living Paradigms is all about. Instead of focusing on solutions in the conventional sense –– in which we identify a problem and then invent ways to solve it –– these stories will explore the cultural practices, customs and traditions of communities and societies around the world, both past and present, to see how their ways of life solve problems organically. Take the Mediterranean diet as one familiar example. Practiced for ages by communities from that region, this diet of fish, grains, and fresh fruits and vegetables helps prevent common ailments like heart disease and high cholesterol. The peoples of the Mediterranean region didn’t adopt this diet as a way to solve these health problems –– it’s simply their way of life, and it happens to make them healthier.  This is a cultural practice we can learn from. And there are many more, in every corner of the world. We’ve reported on these types of stories before. In Rwanda, we examined how a monthly ritual of community-minded selflessness has helped build schools, hospitals and infrastructure all across that country. In Mexico, we’ve waded through flourishing “man-made island farms” that float upon lakes, an ancient engineering wonder that could provide a sustainable food source amid modern-day drought. And in the Congo Basin, we’ve visited community-owned forests, where conservation of the landscape’s resources naturally flows from collective ownership, which has been practiced by Indigenous peoples there for centuries. Not all of these ways of life are transferable –– what works for one culture won’t automatically work for another. But by examining the practices of others with curiosity and an open mind, we can shift the prism through which we view our own problems — and imagine a richer, more sustainable way of living. The post Introducing ‘Living Paradigms’ appeared first on Reasons to be Cheerful.

In August 2002 a devastating flood hit Austria. After days of relentless rain, the Danube burst its banks, large swathes of the country were under water and more than 10,000 homes were damaged or destroyed.  After the floodwaters receded, winemaker Rainer Christ surveyed the damage to his Viennese vineyards: “It was horrible to see, rot and mold everywhere, entire slopes were affected.” Then he reached his family’s oldest vineyard, where multiple grape varieties were interplanted in the traditional style. “And everything was fine,” he recalls.  His grandfather used to talk about field blends, the ancient way of wine growing that was standard until the mid-19th century, but Christ dismissed it as the nostalgic musings of an old man — monovarietal vineyards and a high-tech approach were the way forward; everybody knew that. “That was the first time I thought, I guess they knew what they were doing back then,” recalls Christ. “They didn’t have a large chemical arsenal to help out, but they observed nature very closely, on the lookout for things that could be put to good use.” Eighty-five-year-old Gemischter Satz vineyard Ried Wiesthalen. Credit: Herbert Lehmann That vineyard is 85 years old now, still producing an excellent field blend known in Vienna as Gemischter Satz, and Christ has become one of the Viennese winemakers that has brought this all-but-forgotten wine back into the mainstream.  The practice of strategically interplanting multiple grape varieties was long considered an insurance strategy, mentioned by Columella and Pliny the Elder back in Roman times. With different grape varieties reacting differently to cold, heat, rainfall and drought, at least some would survive a season regardless of what nature had in store. “It was a risk minimization strategy that developed from experience,” says Johannes Friedberger, a winemaker and lecturer at the College and Institute for Viticulture and Pomology Klosterneuburg.

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