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The Transportation TAX is Going UP (again) Watch Out
Here’s yet another reason you should be living in a networked resilient community and telecommuting to any “outside” work: The “transportation tax” is going …
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Two similar words, one big difference
Here’s a minor, but important point. It’s the distinction between these two words: Thrifty Frugal A thrifty person doesn’t waste much water, energy, money, …
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One thing that makes resilience easier than 200 years ago
Let’s say you want to run a micro-farm as a business. You have the land. You have the know-how to grow crops or raise …
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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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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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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 …
