Last fall I was invited to be one of five women giving a short talk at our local Nevada County Gather the Women event on March 8, 2008, International Women's Day. Coordinator Marilyn Nyborg said the day's theme was Being the change we want to see in the world and asked me to … [Read more...]
Living Lightly, Sharing the Surplus
May 4, 2008 by 4 Comments
Gray clouds scudded across the sky and a few raindrops splattered the windshield as we approached Boise from the north. "I hope it doesn't rain while we're trying to videotape John Weber," I said. We were greeted by a gentle, cheery and accommodating John Weber. In the … [Read more...]
A Good Neighbor
April 18, 2008 by 2 Comments
Last Tuesday, our usual in-town errands day, we hitched the utility trailer and drove down the hill and over to Penn Valley for a load of horse manure for sheet mulching. Then back up a gently-curving country road to Rough and Ready, where we stopped at our friend Mark's … [Read more...]
You are Not Alone, or Crazy
April 6, 2008 by 5 Comments
One of our Peak Moment Conversation viewers wrote, "I am a vicarious 'environmentalist.' That means I wish I could live in an ecologically sustainable lifestyle. It's very hard though when one's partner thinks one is being 'too extreme.' My extremism includes walking to town … [Read more...]
Realistic Expectations
February 27, 2008 by 10 Comments
A recent email came around about a free-energy initiative to promote and protect inventors and their technologies. I wrote in reply: New energy sources, even if implemented, beg the question of overshoot. Energy supports food production, which supports increased population, … [Read more...]
Living Lightly: The Drop Box
February 16, 2008 by 3 Comments
I'm not holding my breath for technofixes to "solve" energy decline. But I am counting on peoples' cooperation, resourcefulness and ingenuity. Here's one example: … [Read more...]
Scattering Seeds
February 11, 2008 by 1 Comment
"To be actively mobilizing toward setting up what might be called ‘seed' communities is the really significant action. If people don't actually get out of the money economy to a significant degree, if they don't create a new land based culture that aids the earth, all the … [Read more...]
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