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161 Aspects of Self-Reliance In One Massive Chart
When you are new to self-reliance, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. I wish I could tell you the “lost” feeling changes over time, but it …
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Checklists Saves Lives – Can They Also Free You From The Rat Race?
“In a small Austrian town in the Alps, a mother and father had been out on a walk in the woods with their three-year-old …
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Announcing The Self-Reliance Catalog
I’ve carried around an idea in my head for a while, and in the past few weeks I decided to make it a reality. …
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How to Prepare for a Collapse in 9 Steps – a Case Study with David Holmgren
It’s 2025, the long troubled financial markets have finally crashed the overleveraged banking system and the world is experiencing global depression on a massive …
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How To Keep a Family Business Running for 1,300 years (And Build a Lasting Civilization)
Owned by the same family for 1,300 years, the Japanese inn Houshi Ryokan is a marvel of tradition and resilience. This ryokan (a traditional …
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Decentralize Big-Retail – How to Uproot Walmart & Bring Jobs Back Home
In many towns across America, Walmart, or a similar mega-retailer, is the only option you have when you need (almost) anything. Big-retail is a …
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An Alternative Now Where Food is Free and Freedom Reigns
Often when I think about the future I think about how it could be different. How it could be better. Did our ancestors also …
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What is Appropriate Technology for Self-Reliance?
Building a self-reliant community requires decisions on what types of technology to use. Some technologies require energy or specialized knowledge that can be easily …
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Book Review: Deep Economy
Bill McKibben’s book Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future offers a thought-provoking introduction to the problems with the global growth …
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21 Technologies That Are Decentralizing The Economy And Bringing Real Power Back To The People
The world is becoming more centralized, increasingly focused on economies of scale and transferring wealth to a tiny elite at the top of the …
