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An Omnivore’s Approach To Achieving Energy Security
In 2011, the average American spent $732 to heat their home with natural gas. In contrast, they spent $2,535 to heat their homes with …
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The Opportunity Space for Growing Food Locally is HUGE
Today, let’s do some thinking on the market potential for growing food locally. Let’s start with a big number. US households regularly spend $44 …
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Is 8 Hours of Electricity a Day in Your Future?
NOTE: Every once in a while, I will write an RC letter that just doesn’t do the job it is supposed to do. This …
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Can a Local Currency Improve Resilience?
Here’s something interesting going on in Europe. The slow motion collapse the EU has led the city of Nantes, France to take steps to add …
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The Johnny Appleseed Method
Is it possible to seed resilient communities? Most people assume that the only way to do this is to write a book or share …
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How to Build a Thriving Community
While you may want to live in a resilient community, the gap between where you are today and actually living, working, and prospering in …
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Use Air Conditioning? Then Read This
Here’s a picture of needless dependence and vulnerability. It’s a satellite picture of a residential neighborhood in Atlanta (also known as Hotlanta). What should …
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Your Next Car Might be Built Locally
Resilience is about being able to produce most of the things you need to live well. It isn’t about deprivation, roughing it, or turning …
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Designing the Future of Resilience
Design fiction is a way for designers and artists to visually depict the future in inspiring ways. Typically, design fiction is associated with how …
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Are You Robust or Resilient?
Greece may default on its debt today (Wednesday). This has put the global financial system on the edge of another meltdown. This is yet …
