Care Home Farm
We have the option to utterly divest, and build CARE based opportunities outside the current system. Which is what CARE-HOME-FARM is. It’s a model, which we hope to test and explore in real life, for an inter-sufficient community.
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Your order, please?
What if we presented possible options for future human developments—let’s say human population as a solid example—and pretend it’s a menu from which we get to choose.
PFAS – Poisoned for Eternity? (documentary film review)
The film explores how these synthetic “forever chemicals”–widely used in products such as nonstick cookware, firefighting foams and waterproof clothing–have infiltrated soil, water and everyday products
Single point of failure: Hurricane Helene and high-tech’s low-tech vulnerability
Supply chain problems keep popping up as industries fail to recognize their vulnerabilities. A little-known and critical vulnerability for the tech industry just made itself visible in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
Evidence, please?
Modernity (even if defining starting 10,000 years ago) is a short-lived phase that will self-terminate—likely starting this century.
Memory in the age of the utterly now: The precarious state of the Internet Archive
Memory is how we orient ourselves in time and space. In the age of the internet the repositories of memory are exceedingly vulnerable.
Where Fire Back Means Land Back
As Jackson’s traditional ecological knowledge tells him, this is the kind of growth the landscape will see again as the Cow Creek Umpqua manage fire for open and clear savannas, benefiting the land and people there for generations to come.
The Regeneration Handbook: System-changing strategies
To inspire hope that ordinary people such as ourselves can bring about meaningful change, I’ve included brief snapshots below of some of the largest and most successful systems-changing strategies I know. Because these kinds of stories are not often reported on in the mainstream media, we need to do everything in our power to get them out as far and wide as possible.
Hurricanes don’t stop at the coast – these mountain towns know how severe inland flood damage can be, and they’re watching Helene
For communities, preparing for these future risks requires learning from past floods but also recognizing that future storms may produce flooding that goes beyond the scale of anything seen before.
Roman Krznaric: “History for Tomorrow: Uncovering Future Possibilities from Humanity’s Past”
In this episode, Nate is joined by social philosopher Roman Krznaric to discuss ways we might govern or lead during moments of crisis, using the lens of former and current civilizations.
What Art Is Not
Art is not a cheap alternative to an advertising agency or a sophisticated extension of the communications department, and the urgency of the message doesn’t change this
Weakest Links: Depletion, Supply Chains, and Trust
In today’s Frankly, Nate reflects on 7 key aspects of our socio-economic system which are in decline, with a main focus on the pager implication for globalization.