User:Enkidu
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I am interested in undeveloping the Overdeveloped World (a term coined by Bill Mollison, "ODed World" for short), particularly utilizing methods of permaculture, herbal medicine and intentional communities. Needless to say I have a quite different perspective from most about the appropriateness of "development". C'mon, people, infinite growth is not possible on a finite planet!
[edit] Recommended Reading
- Just Leave Us Alone! by Wiwa Wewo - an indigenous Papuan speaks out about the interference of Western institutions in primitive society
- To Hell with Good Intentions by Ivan Illich - a critique of international development
- Future Scenarios by David Holmgren - four possible futures arising from peak oil and climate change, and the role permaculture can play
- The Long Descent by John Michael Greer - explores the coming end of the Industrial Age
- Critique of Civilization FAQ by Ran Prieur - accessible introduction to the critiques of civilization
- Post-Civ! by Usul of the Blackfoot - a vision of possible future "post-civilized" societies that incorporate appropriate technology, permaculture and primitive skills.
[edit] Quotes
"If we don't stop agriculture, then we're dead." - Bill Mollison, from "In Danger of Falling Food"
[edit] To Do
- forest garden - temperate permaculture
- El Provenir - organization
- lacto-fermentation - food preservation
- fire drill - fire starting
- rewilding
- rammed earth
- willow
- Village Building Convergence
- Common Ground Fair
