Reconditioning Ourselves: Alternative Perspectives 14 – Community Development – Part 6: Visions of an Egalitarian Society

I am but a single drop in a limitless ocean, but what is an ocean but a multitude of drops?  David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas   One of the consequences of this global lockdown is the growing awareness of how connected we all are.  Many of you will have heard of the Six Read more…

Centralized versus Decentralized Living 4 – rethinking urban living

When thinking over what large urban centers might look like in a sustainable world, the conclusion is that they cannot be concrete, glass and asphalt sprawls.  The reason I say this is because the world sustainability implies self-sufficiency and current large urban centers are anything but self-sufficient.  Nearly everything a Read more…