Editing Rural hospitality in the developing world (section)

== Background ==

There always will be an imbalance between the material wealth of people in different areas of the world. People’s material wealth will always be tied to the land that they live on. People living in areas rich in natural resources -be that rich in soil, minerals, timber or other resources– will have more than those living in areas that are not. Since the time of colonization this gap has only been accelerated by people from materially wealthy lands stealing, raping, pillaging and doing everything in their power to gain material wealth at the rest of the worlds expense. Despite many parts of the world having vast material wealth, the power and money associated with it has been deprived to the local people. Wealthy corporations and governments of Developed nations make deals to ensure that they gain a portion of materials that they are in no way entitled to. All while local people continue to struggle just in order to survive. 


Humanity is currently living beyond its means and as a global population, our current way of life is unsustainable and people from developed nations are especially guilty of this. They often are totally disconnected from nature and the natural way of living due to a capitalistic, consumer based setting, and therefore must look at concepts such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-growth de-growth] if there is to be any hope of a balancing out with nature. There is no argument against this. It is our best hope then to look to these rural regions of the developing world where any form of long-term sustainability can be still be found in its purity and learn from them. If it is then possible for these people to see how people live more harmoniously with nature, than maybe it is possible for these people to take that knowledge back to their urban settings and put it into practice. This leaves the possibility open for an eye opening experience for both parties involved as there is enormous amount of knowledge to be shared and focused on between the two.