Plague/Virus, Species Collapse, Biology Breach, Recovery, and more.
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Advancing PostApocology Studies in Climate Chaos,
Resource Depletion, Plague/Virus, Species Collapse, Biology Breach, Recovery, and more. | |||||
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Easy Action: I feel better, just knowing . . . . Each grocery trip in the next month, throw in a few pounds of dried beans, lentils, peas, peanuts, and other easily-stored protein sources. You'll feel better knowing you could survive for a week or two with just water and your beans, in case of plague/virus, drastic economic disruption, or other systemic collapses. Medium Action: Every part matters Recycle every recyclable part of every item you discard (this may mean deconstructing those items). Many items are composed of predominantly recyclable plastic. When we throw them away, however, we often just consign that plastic to the landfill, or to ocean dumping. Serious Action: Drive two times a week Hunh? How can I survive driving only two times a week!? Well, though difficult, more than half of the white-collar jobs *could* be done via telecommuting, and most could make telecommuting part of every week: one offsite day, two days, even three days per week. If, for example, you go into the office only on Tuesdays and Fridays, you could decrease your overall energy outlay by 40-60%. By planning ahead, you could make a tank of gasoline last *many weeks*. Yes, really. Systems Development: Cheap [Strawberry] Days A lot of stupid energy, CO2, and costs are embedded in transportation costs to bring produce from far, far away, even when local agriculture is available. Why can't we develop a system for grocery stores, apartment houses, 7-11s, and others to be able to plan (and promote) "cheap local strawberry day" and its ilk, to encourage personal canning and storage? "Buy $20 worth and get three Ball jars!" |
Balms for the Spirit: Music: Van Morrison: Moondance a joyous, engaging flight of pleasure in the living of life. Poem: Commerce as a vehicle From factory-farmed chicken to old-growth lumber to gas-guzzling cars, many of the things we buy support destructive industries. But businesses, governments, and concerned citizens can harness this same purchasing power to build markets for less-hazardous products, including fair-traded foods, green power, and fuel-cell vehicles. -- Worldwatch Institute "State of the World 2004" report Sites: Addressing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Algalita.org The Algalita Marine Research Foundation is dedicated to the protection of the marine environment and its watersheds through research, education, and restoration. |
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