The problems in our Lives are growing and that is clear to all to see. Learn about how our current modern industrial World will be radically changing soon, and how you can learn to adapt, overcome disruption and even prosper in the coming Collapse.
Begin your road on the path of knowledge of Green Wizardry by visiting the "Circles". Learn the skills which will help you and your family survive in the coming Collapse, then share what you know as well. We all can be both students and teachers in the Long Descent.
As old as the first fire is the tradition of telling stories around the flames. There are monsters outside of the light. So come join some fellow travelers and friends. Share your own story of Life and of Knowledge or just enjoy reading about the path others are on.
The Long Descent of Our Modern Civilization Has Begun. Are You Ready?
Recently the pictures of an emancipated polar bear has been making the rounds of the news sites and blogs.
Photographer Paul Nicklen and filmmakers from the conservation group Sea Legacy posted a video of the starving bear and stated that they believed its condition was a direct result of Climate Change. This has left many on both sides of the issue arguing whether that is the true reason for its condition.
The Green Wizards' Benevolent and Protective Association, Tower No. 412, and the Rememberers' Guild, Local 412 of Pittsburgh, are pleased to announce their December meeting. Salvus per ignem!
While I haven't posted much this summer, its because even though I am lazy, I still have too much work to do! ;-) But I want to update the garden info, and I promise soon I'll find some more good links with garden hints.
The ancient skill of drying your food for storage is constantly being re-discovered and modified, and these days, there is a wealth of knowledge on the web (grab it while you can!) and locally (in many areas).
Okay - this post will probably clinch my title as "lazy gardener" or at least "whimsical gardener". It's spring, and in the Pacific NW that means trying to catch up with weeds that have had all winter to grow. It's not good to disturb soil when it's too wet (which is most of the time here) because it really turns to rock-hard clay if you do. I've learned the hard way how true that is, so I've watched as the invasive grass latched onto my garden beds.
I'm half ashamed to show this photo, but it does illustrate the dilemma of being stuck between two worlds. I am aware that most gardens are straight lines with bare dirt between the coddled and sprayed plants. I am also teaching myself some permaculture ideas, including the fact that bare dirt is not good, and that weeds can sometimes help rather than hurt.
Wow I can't believe we're already past Solstice and I haven't had a chance to post. Sorry... it's been a crazy Spring and Summer so far, and lots of "do this immediately" type stuff. But finally, after 9pm on a hot June night, I'm gonna try to summarize.
So I have been raising chickens for five years, and although I still have much to learn, I want to share some of what I’ve learned.
I’ve been bouncing around various websites recently: OpenSourceEcology.Org, Sun4Living.Com, EasternBioplastics.com, OpenSourceBeehives.net, and looking at the ways that entrepreneurs are working to build tools and processes that they believe will be sustainable or at least a bridge into the post-oil future. And all of them seem to be a mix of the belief in Progress and the desire for Sustainability.
