Getting paid to become Resilient
Hey folks. Here’s a simple, but powerful, question: can I get paid to become resilient? I think the answer to this question is YES …
How much food and income can an urban farm produce?
I’m constantly on the lookout for how to seed the growth of local production — food, energy, water, products. One good way to seed production …
Maker Monday: Perennial Grains
Here’s a good example of why science and technology is important for resilience. Most of the grains and vegetables we currently grow are annuals. …
What is a Resilient Community?
First, a quick bit of feedback from our resilient brain trust. It was in response to my claim, in last week’s letter, that Greece is …
A Smart Start to Rainwater Harvesting
Since there was such a great response to the earlier letter on water resilience, I thought you might be interested in another one. It’s …
Rainwater Harvesting
Hey folks. I’d like to spend a little time on resilient water today. It’s a rich topic, with lots and lots to write about. …
Maker Monday: Community Financing
Friends, Here’s a short note on a new and promising development called community financing. It’s going to be very important to our efforts …
A 40% cut in Social Security…
As most of us already know, the Greek government is bankrupt. So far, it has been forced to cut expenses by 34%. That means …
Avoid Social Breakdown. Become Resilient.
If you want a glimpse of the future for the US, UK, etc. all you need to do is tune into what is going …
DIY Food Resilience: Turning a Wheelchair in a P-Machine
Here’s a little bit of DIY ingenuity that I thought was worth sharing with you, because it’s both useful and something I haven’t seen before at …