Three years from Corey Morningstar's article to Greta revealing her agenda. I believe in the environmental crisis, but these technocratic methods are not the way to address our predicament.
Three years from Corey Morningstar's article to Greta revealing her agenda. I believe in the environmental crisis, but these technocratic methods are not the way to address our predicament.
On my end, I believe that human beings have done many wrongs to nature, and poisoned our own home, and our food, and air, and water, and currently are continuing to do that. However, the official :"solutions" to the "crisis" are not looking to address the real issues but instead, poison more, calling it "green."
"It is also noteworthy that the recent film by Michael Moore, Planet of the Humans, which was exploring some of the not so green aspects of тАЬgreen energyтАЭ and shedding light on some of the corruption in the environmental movement, was attacked by the leading environmentalists to viciously and so uniformly that the film was removed from major platforms and kind of disappeared from the public eye." - Tessa Lena
Politics buries everything, and green politics is no exception!
Pollution and environmental crimes have nothing whatsoever to do with the climate change cult.
Conservation has never truly been a partisan issue. Attend a local Grange meeting, if you can find one, and you'll see about the most green conservatives you'll ever meet.
To prevent turning this very thoughtful thread into a bitter argument over a somewhat ideological issue, I would like to say that in my subjective opinion, the planet can actually sustain us all, on the condition that 0.0001& of the people don't own 90% of everything. :) What is hard to sustain for humanity is being owned by a tiny tiny group of people who think they are gods and can do whatever they want, to nature or to us peasants.
With sufficient technology, the Earth could sustain a trillion human beings. But we don't live in such a world. In the next 30 years it is estimated we will consume as much fossil fuel as we have consumed until now. Building up so-called 'green energy' will require a large portion of that fuel use.
Sadly, the so called "green energy" is a profitable scam with dangerous consequences, and that's to put it kindly! There is nothing green about it, except the color of money that it will bring to the ones pushing for it, if they succeed at pushing it through.
Now, I am sure that nature holds many secrets to how we could receive energy in much better ways than currently, in more genuinely sustainable ways. But as long as the mad thirst for control remains the sentiment that drives people on their way to the top, our chances at any kind of mainstream change are slim probably.
I was actually thinking if I would personally agree to live in conditions that predated electrification, and I would. I am sure I would complain at first but I would be okay with it probably.
But there might not even be a need for that, even solar could possibly be done in much better ways, without Teflon-like materials that poison the soil when they deteriorate or due to rain! I am sure nature has many mysteries for us to realize, and who knows, maybe one day we collectively go to a much saner, more balanced way of living! But no thanks to Klaus Schwab, that's for sure.
We have barely begun to question the way we live, how our lifestyles require energy. Consumer culture doesn't help in that regard. Using plenty of energy doesn't necessarily translate to a better quality of life. To own a car, only to be stuck in traffic for hours each day, burns energy and raises one's stress level.
I agree that "nature has many mysteries for us to realize" in the realm of energy production, propulsion systems and energy distribution.
As part of the research for a project I am working on I did a deep dive into breakthrough energy technologies that apply the principles of Biomimicry to produce energy efficiently, cheaply and without producing pollution while operating.
Nature's energy gathering and distributing systems are not closed systems (as most of our energy tech currently are), they are open systems. This is true from the level of our cells (and the mitochondria within them) all the way up to the electromagnetic field of the planet, and back down the the electromagnetic field produced by the human body. Many great minds have applied the genius of nature's geometry and energy flow dynamics to their energy generation technology and created devices that tap into wells of energy (in many cases from what scientists call "the quantum vacuum, or "zero point field") that do not require burning anything and are devices that can be constructed with the materials we already have access to.
I will share that section of intel/resources from my project below in case it can be helpful to you or anyone you know who is technically/mechanically inclined. There are link to technical schematics for anyone looking to pursue the manufacturing of said technologies and making them accessible to the general population for peaceful uses.
- Anti-Gravity & Conscious Awareness | Ralph and Marsha Ring (This is the story of a man who worked with Otis t. Carr (Protege of Nikola Tesla) to align with the forces of nature in order to create a ground breaking new form of propulsion / energy generation technology.) :
Hope you find this information helpful and thank you for shining light on the fact that while so called "green energy" may be a trap (ecologically and financially) there are other options out there that do align with a moral compass, natural law and the regenerative capacity of nature.
I don't want the world to merely "sustain" us. I want to live with space, comfort, and clean air and water- not the most efficient human box I can be fit into with my fellow units of production.
Well our planet IS supporting us all today, but could only support 10% this many of us 200 years ago, because we found coal, then oil, and figured out how to make machines and fertilizers and transportation and refrigeration systems that feed us very well.
I am growing vegetable gardens, and maintained one at work for years until I got fired for non vaccination. I think we should all do it, but I only control myself.
We don't all die at once, but we do all die some day. We have a lot of adapting to do, using less fuel, and meeting our needs in ways that use less fuel. We don't see the oil embedded in a bouquet of flowers, or the internet, but it is there, and cannot be replaced with windmills and lithium batteries, because we are already using all the energy we can get to stay even.
Real GDP (minus interest) has been declining since 2012...
So, we have a road ahead of us that we all need to walk together, and figure it out as we go, but I don't think the WEF plan is workable.
The WEF plan is predicated on a belief that technology can solve our problems, when what we are facing is a predicament.
The road ahead will likely be longer than any plan that can be devised. A decline in civilization could take centuries, if history is any guide. The ruling class only sees as far into the future as it pertains to their own survival.
In my opinion, it is not our population that is the problem, it is our relationship with and perception of the living planet that sustains us. We can look to lenses of perception such as permaculture, regenerative agriculture and many indigenous horticultural techniques (and ways of perceiving the more than human world) to shift humanity's relationship with the Earth from being parasitic to being symbiotic. If we do that (as individuals not via some top down centralized system) then population is not a problem and increased habitation does not necessarily have to lead to increased pollution or deforestation.
My wife and I live on a typical 1/4 acre urban-suburban lot in southern Ontario, Canada and yet we grow about 75% of what we eat (and I am not even fully utilizing the front yard for food cultivation). Here are some pics so you can see how that can look (though it has evolved a lot since the pics in this post were taken): https://www.facebook.com/humanswhogrowfood/posts/1103328730013662
Our property was 100% grass front and back yard when we moved here. Now it is in the process of transforming into a regenerative permaculture garden and is currently saving us thousands on groceries every year. This is possible even on small lots if you team up with nature's cycles and natural diversity. We compost our kitchen scraps, yard waste, 'turn wood into food' (through mushroom cultivation) and create mulch to build soil and clean up the air (so we are not only feeding ourselves but also giving back to the planet as well).
I share Tessa's feeling regarding being willing to give up high tech comforts but I also acknowledge that there are an abundance of transformative decentralized clean energy technologies we could be using to power our electrical infrastructure that are being suppressed by oligarchs that feed on monopolies.
I don't have a FB account, but thank you for your thoughts. It goes to show that suburbs have the potential to feed themselves. What would happen if there were a suburban/urban gardening challenge? What if gardening/permaculture became a part of mainstream culture?
That is a wise decision, facebook has become such a toxic place, it is really difficult to avoid all the censorship and behavior modification algorithms on there. And the prolific AI bots and paid trolls on there are quite annoying as well. I plan to leave the platform as soon as I am finished a project that started being connected to it.
Anyways, those are some great questions. What exactly do you mean by an "suburban/urban gardening challenge" ?
Gardening by itself is a step in the right direction (when we live in a time where some people have never even planted a seed, nurtured it to grow and eaten food freshly harvested from the plant and many children can identify over a hundred corporate logos but less than ten species of plants) but it is not enough to turn the tide. Without a moral compass and without seeing nature as our teacher we can garden but still spray our front lawn with round up (poisoning the water table and wildlife), till the soil to get fast results (resulting in soil erosion and requiring more unsustainable inputs each year) and use other synthetic chemicals that cause harm to human health and the health of the biosphere. That is where Permaculture comes in.
Permaculture is a way of seeing the world through natureтАЩs eyes, a lens through which to view the world based on the three ethics: Earth Care, People Care, and Care of the Future. It requires constant observation and adaptation as nature is constantly changing. There are no dogmas, only an ever-improving approach to emulate and symbiotically co-create along side nature. Permaculture is action-oriented; it provides a framework for ecological and sustainable problem solving and design. It can be applied to anything because everything is sourced in nature, its patterns, and its cycles. Much of the philosophy and methodology at the foundation of permaculture design comes from various indigenous cultures such as the Iroquois (or Haudenosaunee) peoples indigenous to the regions now called Canada and the United States, who taught their children to consider how each of their actions would affect the next seven generations. Permaculture design draws on the wisdom of many different cultures and then augments them with modern scientific understanding.
So what if people guided each of their actions in life by the moral imperative of considering whether or not that action aligns with Earth Care, People Care, and Care of the Future? That would be a very beautiful, abundant, nourishing, reverent and prosperous culture indeed.
That is really at the heart of my efforts right now, to distill down practical concepts and techniques from permaculture and regenerative agriculture to be applicable, approachable and fun for people to apply in their individual lives (regardless of their living situation). Quite a few people paid to have my upcoming gardening/recipe book donated to schools for kids to apply those kinds of concepts in their school gardens and outdoor classes, so I am very excited to get that material out there asap.
A gardening challenge would be aimed at individuals to take up gardening in the context of making (sub)urban areas more self-sufficient in food production. This would include permaculture when feasible. Community gardens, rooftop gardens, windowsill trays and hanging containers are the usual venues associated with growing food within the concrete jungle. I have no idea how successful this would be.
If England can be described as "a nation of shopkeepers" then why couldn't a country become "a nation of gardeners"?
A majority of the population lives in urban areas, and in the surrounding suburbs, with their typical sprawl. A change in culture might help people see the value in redesigning these areas. Put more green spaces in the urban setting, and reduce the dependence of suburbia on cars.
I love the idea. I will contemplate how to introduce this to my readers (as well as some kind of annual tradition/celebration version of this "challenge" perhaps) and share a link when I come up with something.
Again, I believe we should all be doing as much of this as we can. It trains us in the patterns that will lead us into our roles as stewards of life.
I don't think it's helpful to disparage where we have been in the last century too much. We had to figure a lot of things out, and the pollution and shortage problems were not even mentioned by the best and brightest until the 1950s, becoming broadly apparent in the 1970s, then buried by a work-around "solution" in the 1980s.
We can't expect a top-down "solution" to be anything but draconian.
Grow vegetables (heh, heh, It's harder than it looks; there's a learning curve)
Ride a bike (It's like riding a bike, you never forget, but you might get sore. Stretch afterwards)
Be a neighbor, a helpful friend and a good example.
I live in Texas, with gardens in climate zones 8a (Austin) and 9a (Yoakum). I don't think you grow okra up there, though I have really excellent heirloom okra.
Beautiful! I have grown Okra here before. We are zone 6b at the southern tip of Canada (slightly south of Detroit, about the same latitude as the border of Cali and Oregon).
That is a very comprehensive and diverse rotation system you have going. Nice Work! :)
Most of my plantings operate based on maximum biodiversity (microscopic and macroscopic) and self seeding annuals combined with perennials. I use things like actively aerated compost tea and EM1 as foliar sprays and soil conditioners to mitigate any pathogens and boost fertility and then add some compost each year and the beds thrive.
I have a few very drought tolerant/heat loving heirlooms that could do well where you are, including but not limited to Hopi Blue Corn, Golden Giant Amaranth, Wild Chiltepin peppers (Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum), Biquinho peppers, Aji Charapita Peppers, Wild Current Tomatoes (Solanum pimpinellifolium), Dwarf Tamarillos and several varieties of Tulsi (aka "Holy Basil"). Have you tried growing any of those in your gardens before?
Three years from Corey Morningstar's article to Greta revealing her agenda. I believe in the environmental crisis, but these technocratic methods are not the way to address our predicament.
The way you worded it, it sounds like the "environmental crisis" is your religion.
How very par for the course. Maybe you should "believe in" something more providential.
On my end, I believe that human beings have done many wrongs to nature, and poisoned our own home, and our food, and air, and water, and currently are continuing to do that. However, the official :"solutions" to the "crisis" are not looking to address the real issues but instead, poison more, calling it "green."
I wrote about some of it here. https://tessa.substack.com/p/great-reset-dummies
"It is also noteworthy that the recent film by Michael Moore, Planet of the Humans, which was exploring some of the not so green aspects of тАЬgreen energyтАЭ and shedding light on some of the corruption in the environmental movement, was attacked by the leading environmentalists to viciously and so uniformly that the film was removed from major platforms and kind of disappeared from the public eye." - Tessa Lena
Politics buries everything, and green politics is no exception!
Pollution and environmental crimes have nothing whatsoever to do with the climate change cult.
Conservation has never truly been a partisan issue. Attend a local Grange meeting, if you can find one, and you'll see about the most green conservatives you'll ever meet.
The climate cult is a means to totalitarian ends.
My thinking about ecology has been influenced by Michael Dowd. Are you familiar with his work?
For those who are interested in looking at the environmental crisis from a spiritual perspective, here is his YT channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/thegreatstory/about
If you believe that this planet can support all of us humans, you are sadly mistaken.
To prevent turning this very thoughtful thread into a bitter argument over a somewhat ideological issue, I would like to say that in my subjective opinion, the planet can actually sustain us all, on the condition that 0.0001& of the people don't own 90% of everything. :) What is hard to sustain for humanity is being owned by a tiny tiny group of people who think they are gods and can do whatever they want, to nature or to us peasants.
With sufficient technology, the Earth could sustain a trillion human beings. But we don't live in such a world. In the next 30 years it is estimated we will consume as much fossil fuel as we have consumed until now. Building up so-called 'green energy' will require a large portion of that fuel use.
Sadly, the so called "green energy" is a profitable scam with dangerous consequences, and that's to put it kindly! There is nothing green about it, except the color of money that it will bring to the ones pushing for it, if they succeed at pushing it through.
Now, I am sure that nature holds many secrets to how we could receive energy in much better ways than currently, in more genuinely sustainable ways. But as long as the mad thirst for control remains the sentiment that drives people on their way to the top, our chances at any kind of mainstream change are slim probably.
I was actually thinking if I would personally agree to live in conditions that predated electrification, and I would. I am sure I would complain at first but I would be okay with it probably.
But there might not even be a need for that, even solar could possibly be done in much better ways, without Teflon-like materials that poison the soil when they deteriorate or due to rain! I am sure nature has many mysteries for us to realize, and who knows, maybe one day we collectively go to a much saner, more balanced way of living! But no thanks to Klaus Schwab, that's for sure.
We have barely begun to question the way we live, how our lifestyles require energy. Consumer culture doesn't help in that regard. Using plenty of energy doesn't necessarily translate to a better quality of life. To own a car, only to be stuck in traffic for hours each day, burns energy and raises one's stress level.
I agree that "nature has many mysteries for us to realize" in the realm of energy production, propulsion systems and energy distribution.
As part of the research for a project I am working on I did a deep dive into breakthrough energy technologies that apply the principles of Biomimicry to produce energy efficiently, cheaply and without producing pollution while operating.
Nature's energy gathering and distributing systems are not closed systems (as most of our energy tech currently are), they are open systems. This is true from the level of our cells (and the mitochondria within them) all the way up to the electromagnetic field of the planet, and back down the the electromagnetic field produced by the human body. Many great minds have applied the genius of nature's geometry and energy flow dynamics to their energy generation technology and created devices that tap into wells of energy (in many cases from what scientists call "the quantum vacuum, or "zero point field") that do not require burning anything and are devices that can be constructed with the materials we already have access to.
I will share that section of intel/resources from my project below in case it can be helpful to you or anyone you know who is technically/mechanically inclined. There are link to technical schematics for anyone looking to pursue the manufacturing of said technologies and making them accessible to the general population for peaceful uses.
Here are some links with pertinent info:
- https://www.thenuifoundation.com/
- https://newenergymovement.org/
- https://siriusdisclosure.com/evidence/best-evidence-new-energy/?fbclid=IwAR3WPP12D5L8NQjdOQaf7nEnDYRxs3-8yNFBnEwxFeqa9gqfJWv28MXoaJE
and
- https://siriusdisclosure.com/energy/new-energy-research/
- https://www.facebook.com/GlobalNEMCA/
- https://globalbem.com/
- https://www.integrityresearchinstitute.org/
- http://www.rexresearch.com/index.htm
- https://nextexx.com/ or https://nextexx.wordpress.com/
- Novel Means of Hydrogen Production Using Dual Polarity Control and Walter Russell's Experiments with Zero Point Energy:
https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/929470/?fbclid=IwAR3Yb9QO6ELSa8UYu7CuK8ssJYQWgo0tggpzLO35jdJdqA53U09mZHJTJmI
- High Frequency Gravitational Waves - Induced Propulsion: https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/2017-01-2040/?fbclid=IwAR1NCCZevNg9RS6nqOWmtQt_cVwKG3_fow-_sly3Mw1J5XgpHoiqblChAxo
- Anti-Gravity & Conscious Awareness | Ralph and Marsha Ring (This is the story of a man who worked with Otis t. Carr (Protege of Nikola Tesla) to align with the forces of nature in order to create a ground breaking new form of propulsion / energy generation technology.) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v3Bsh1E_8Y
Here is a link to a PDF file containing detailed conceptual design, technical specs, theory behind, and schematics for the "OTC-X1" https://bluestarenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/OTC-X1-plans.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3T1GK6O30JlxFPGKdQvirb1q6PHgkikctKLo7DQM5u2GC_REVILnocFs0
- https://www.teslasociety.com/book.htm
- Articles and Material presented at the second International Symposium On Non-Conventional Energy Technology: https://bit.ly/3oSJ5yN
- https://malagabay.wordpress.com/the-falsification-of-newtons-law-of-universal-gravitation/?fbclid=IwAR3Yb9QO6ELSa8UYu7CuK8ssJYQWgo0tggpzLO35jdJdqA53U09mZHJTJmI
- Invention Secrecy Still Going Strong (by The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) https://bit.ly/3jqGbA5
- https://borderlandsciences.org/about.html
- https://www.philosophy.org/
- https://www.science-frontiers.com/
- https://educate-yourself.org/fe/
Hope you find this information helpful and thank you for shining light on the fact that while so called "green energy" may be a trap (ecologically and financially) there are other options out there that do align with a moral compass, natural law and the regenerative capacity of nature.
I don't want the world to merely "sustain" us. I want to live with space, comfort, and clean air and water- not the most efficient human box I can be fit into with my fellow units of production.
Well our planet IS supporting us all today, but could only support 10% this many of us 200 years ago, because we found coal, then oil, and figured out how to make machines and fertilizers and transportation and refrigeration systems that feed us very well.
I am growing vegetable gardens, and maintained one at work for years until I got fired for non vaccination. I think we should all do it, but I only control myself.
We don't all die at once, but we do all die some day. We have a lot of adapting to do, using less fuel, and meeting our needs in ways that use less fuel. We don't see the oil embedded in a bouquet of flowers, or the internet, but it is there, and cannot be replaced with windmills and lithium batteries, because we are already using all the energy we can get to stay even.
Real GDP (minus interest) has been declining since 2012...
So, we have a road ahead of us that we all need to walk together, and figure it out as we go, but I don't think the WEF plan is workable.
Beautifully put, John!
Being able to grow your own food is the best precaution one can take.
The WEF plan is predicated on a belief that technology can solve our problems, when what we are facing is a predicament.
The road ahead will likely be longer than any plan that can be devised. A decline in civilization could take centuries, if history is any guide. The ruling class only sees as far into the future as it pertains to their own survival.
Hi Bob, Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
In my opinion, it is not our population that is the problem, it is our relationship with and perception of the living planet that sustains us. We can look to lenses of perception such as permaculture, regenerative agriculture and many indigenous horticultural techniques (and ways of perceiving the more than human world) to shift humanity's relationship with the Earth from being parasitic to being symbiotic. If we do that (as individuals not via some top down centralized system) then population is not a problem and increased habitation does not necessarily have to lead to increased pollution or deforestation.
My wife and I live on a typical 1/4 acre urban-suburban lot in southern Ontario, Canada and yet we grow about 75% of what we eat (and I am not even fully utilizing the front yard for food cultivation). Here are some pics so you can see how that can look (though it has evolved a lot since the pics in this post were taken): https://www.facebook.com/humanswhogrowfood/posts/1103328730013662
Our property was 100% grass front and back yard when we moved here. Now it is in the process of transforming into a regenerative permaculture garden and is currently saving us thousands on groceries every year. This is possible even on small lots if you team up with nature's cycles and natural diversity. We compost our kitchen scraps, yard waste, 'turn wood into food' (through mushroom cultivation) and create mulch to build soil and clean up the air (so we are not only feeding ourselves but also giving back to the planet as well).
I share Tessa's feeling regarding being willing to give up high tech comforts but I also acknowledge that there are an abundance of transformative decentralized clean energy technologies we could be using to power our electrical infrastructure that are being suppressed by oligarchs that feed on monopolies.
I don't have a FB account, but thank you for your thoughts. It goes to show that suburbs have the potential to feed themselves. What would happen if there were a suburban/urban gardening challenge? What if gardening/permaculture became a part of mainstream culture?
That is a wise decision, facebook has become such a toxic place, it is really difficult to avoid all the censorship and behavior modification algorithms on there. And the prolific AI bots and paid trolls on there are quite annoying as well. I plan to leave the platform as soon as I am finished a project that started being connected to it.
Anyways, those are some great questions. What exactly do you mean by an "suburban/urban gardening challenge" ?
Gardening by itself is a step in the right direction (when we live in a time where some people have never even planted a seed, nurtured it to grow and eaten food freshly harvested from the plant and many children can identify over a hundred corporate logos but less than ten species of plants) but it is not enough to turn the tide. Without a moral compass and without seeing nature as our teacher we can garden but still spray our front lawn with round up (poisoning the water table and wildlife), till the soil to get fast results (resulting in soil erosion and requiring more unsustainable inputs each year) and use other synthetic chemicals that cause harm to human health and the health of the biosphere. That is where Permaculture comes in.
Permaculture is a way of seeing the world through natureтАЩs eyes, a lens through which to view the world based on the three ethics: Earth Care, People Care, and Care of the Future. It requires constant observation and adaptation as nature is constantly changing. There are no dogmas, only an ever-improving approach to emulate and symbiotically co-create along side nature. Permaculture is action-oriented; it provides a framework for ecological and sustainable problem solving and design. It can be applied to anything because everything is sourced in nature, its patterns, and its cycles. Much of the philosophy and methodology at the foundation of permaculture design comes from various indigenous cultures such as the Iroquois (or Haudenosaunee) peoples indigenous to the regions now called Canada and the United States, who taught their children to consider how each of their actions would affect the next seven generations. Permaculture design draws on the wisdom of many different cultures and then augments them with modern scientific understanding.
So what if people guided each of their actions in life by the moral imperative of considering whether or not that action aligns with Earth Care, People Care, and Care of the Future? That would be a very beautiful, abundant, nourishing, reverent and prosperous culture indeed.
That is really at the heart of my efforts right now, to distill down practical concepts and techniques from permaculture and regenerative agriculture to be applicable, approachable and fun for people to apply in their individual lives (regardless of their living situation). Quite a few people paid to have my upcoming gardening/recipe book donated to schools for kids to apply those kinds of concepts in their school gardens and outdoor classes, so I am very excited to get that material out there asap.
A gardening challenge would be aimed at individuals to take up gardening in the context of making (sub)urban areas more self-sufficient in food production. This would include permaculture when feasible. Community gardens, rooftop gardens, windowsill trays and hanging containers are the usual venues associated with growing food within the concrete jungle. I have no idea how successful this would be.
If England can be described as "a nation of shopkeepers" then why couldn't a country become "a nation of gardeners"?
A majority of the population lives in urban areas, and in the surrounding suburbs, with their typical sprawl. A change in culture might help people see the value in redesigning these areas. Put more green spaces in the urban setting, and reduce the dependence of suburbia on cars.
I love the idea. I will contemplate how to introduce this to my readers (as well as some kind of annual tradition/celebration version of this "challenge" perhaps) and share a link when I come up with something.
Thank you for the inspiration! :)
Good work, Gavin. Your kitchen garden in suburbia looks a lot like our kitchen garden in suburbia: https://www.johndayblog.com/2020/04/crowning-achievements.html This is the blog post from 4/25/20, but the post from 4/23/20 shows my working the garden bed in our more rural homestead on 0.6 acre, three years ago https://www.johndayblog.com/2020/04/natural-intelligence.html
Last September "What Road Is This" blog post had a picture of that garden, myself, and my wife, Jenny. https://www.johndayblog.com/2021/09/what-road-is-this.html
Again, I believe we should all be doing as much of this as we can. It trains us in the patterns that will lead us into our roles as stewards of life.
I don't think it's helpful to disparage where we have been in the last century too much. We had to figure a lot of things out, and the pollution and shortage problems were not even mentioned by the best and brightest until the 1950s, becoming broadly apparent in the 1970s, then buried by a work-around "solution" in the 1980s.
We can't expect a top-down "solution" to be anything but draconian.
Grow vegetables (heh, heh, It's harder than it looks; there's a learning curve)
Ride a bike (It's like riding a bike, you never forget, but you might get sore. Stretch afterwards)
Be a neighbor, a helpful friend and a good example.
Listen to spirit/conscience...
www.johndayblog.com
Right on John! I appreciate your thoughtful response and the links. Would love to do an heirloom seed swap with you some time :)
I live in Texas, with gardens in climate zones 8a (Austin) and 9a (Yoakum). I don't think you grow okra up there, though I have really excellent heirloom okra.
Here is my succession-rotation (flexible) gardening protocol for climate zone 8a. (7/4/16 post) You'll see what I grow.https://www.johndayblog.com/2016/07/liberty-garden-central-texas-climate.html
Beautiful! I have grown Okra here before. We are zone 6b at the southern tip of Canada (slightly south of Detroit, about the same latitude as the border of Cali and Oregon).
That is a very comprehensive and diverse rotation system you have going. Nice Work! :)
Most of my plantings operate based on maximum biodiversity (microscopic and macroscopic) and self seeding annuals combined with perennials. I use things like actively aerated compost tea and EM1 as foliar sprays and soil conditioners to mitigate any pathogens and boost fertility and then add some compost each year and the beds thrive.
I have a few very drought tolerant/heat loving heirlooms that could do well where you are, including but not limited to Hopi Blue Corn, Golden Giant Amaranth, Wild Chiltepin peppers (Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum), Biquinho peppers, Aji Charapita Peppers, Wild Current Tomatoes (Solanum pimpinellifolium), Dwarf Tamarillos and several varieties of Tulsi (aka "Holy Basil"). Have you tried growing any of those in your gardens before?