via: New York Times by Jack HedinIF you’ve stood in line at a farmers’ market recently, you know that the local food movement is thriving, to the point that small farmers are having a tough time keeping up with the demand.But consumers who would like to be able to buy local fruits and vegetables not […]
The waste free world is possible if we demand it. This is the kind of product that gets buried, or relegated to being some kind of “third world technology” or blocked by government regulation. If it’s recognized as a legitimate solution and used on a large scale, however, we move another step closer to community […]
There are practically endless reasons to opt out of the consumeristic rat race capitalist death trap. Environmental, psychological, sociological, and economic reasons abound. Kevin at Cryptogon has a brief essay outlining the politically strategic reasons. Simplicity as resistance. The war machine runs on our toil. Rather than throw our bodies on the gears, […]
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Games help us understand life. Swaddled in the limited-risk environment of the game, we can use meaningful choices to pursue challenging goals. We can explore and transgress in order to better understand our world. We leap and capture in order to more deeply engage with humanity. Games teach us confidence, help us steady our […]
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This month, I have spent much time thinking about design and responsibility. I’m thinking about how we make things, why we make things, and why we make things how we make things. I’m thinking about how we distribute and consume the world’s resources.Our society has a grossly distorted perception of cost. We dye upholstery […]
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It is simply incredible that the world has been duped into relying almost solely on petroleum to solve its energy needs. Monopolisitc systems fail in nature. Pluralism rules the day. The world is teeming with free enrgy and even human waste has the potential to power our civilization. Why do we invest all the […]
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Zero-waste systems are cost-effective. Small business owners need to understand this so they can jump on the trend early, and undercut bloated corporations still using toxic manufacturing processes.
The World’s Larges Laundromat contains 153 washers, 147 dryers, and 36 water-heating roof panels. Tom Benson, owner, says he did it for purely financial reasons, but […]