[MD] survival strategies

[gav]

hi there,
looks like we are in global economic freefall.
maybe we should start thinking about how to deal with the inevitable knock-on effects now?

key issues: food and water security, housing, health.

1. food and water
i don't think it is extreme to say that we all need to start cultivating the earth. trees take a while to grow and bear fruit. best to start as soon as possible. a permaculture approach seems ideal: integrated plantings (food plants, pioneeer species, companions, legumes, natives, fibre species, medicine species etc) are aesthetically preferable and synergistic.

our water situation here is getting better. more rain and more water tanks collecting rain water. a few good downfalls and your tank is full, giving you tasty, fluoride and chlorine free water for you and your garden.

the secondary benefit of getting into the earth is that you end up getting back into the earth - a gaian embrace. no more alienation from the natural world: we feel our integration within the superorganism and we can perceive our sacred role within this gaian matrix, that of co-creator/steward.

2. housing
i think we may see a bit of a london effect - having to shove a lot of people into each rental. this is good and bad like all things: good for parties, networking; bad for privacy, serenity. i was technically homeless for most of last year and a good friend of mine has been homeless for most of this year - sleeping in backyards, parks etc. this sort of thing is not healthy and not sustainable.
freeing up buildings for cheap/free housing.....how do we get there?
i don't know. passive resistance? open to suggestions.

3.health
this is where the good news come in. health indicators may well go up as we start eating more locally and by necessity have a predominantly vego diet. this will definitely be the case if we start to revivify the community - creating a web of connections that amplify the creative power and happiness of those connected.


so in a nutshell: integrated (ie permaculture) gardening and water tanks are basic. also basic is a wartime ethos: we will have to start helping each other: ave to pull together lad! co-operation.
the other key is internet for info, communication and co-ordination.

remember may 68 changed france and the world, but it was the dreaming - the prelude to manifestation. now we are becoming ready to realise this dream....the green beautiful.

graffiti from paris, 40 years ago:

happiness is not something you can buy, you must steal it
how sad to love money
there is  cop inside each of us, we must kill him
under the cobblestones the beach
happiness is a new idea
we will have good masters as soon as everyone is there own
to call into question the society you live in you must first be capable of calling yourself into question
are you a consumer or a participant?
the liberation of humanity is all or nothing
those who lack imagination cannot imagine what is lacking
forget everything you have been taught; start by dreaming
when examined answer with questions
be realistic, demand the impossible
unbutton your mind as often as your fly.

viva la (r)evolution




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