Clinton Says Haiti Should Become Self-Sufficient
Here’s a case of “do what we say, not what we do”… Former US President, Bill Clinton in his role as United Nations special envoy has urged aid groups to rebuild the country’s government and put them on track as a self-sufficient nation.
Did Bill try to sell the idea of self sufficiency to his own country? Is that on the agenda in the US today? Barely. The USA has become a nation of consumers, gobbling up China’s output. Consumption is 70% of the economy. How can that work in the longer term? Can’t people add up 2+2 anymore?
National self sufficiency is the key to national security… so just how secure is America? Or Australia? Or any developed economy that’s bought into globalization? It’s not sustainable. We’re trashing the planet in pursuit of false wealth.
Self Sufficiency an Expensive Luxury
I’ve had my work cut out for me lately, we’ve moved and I’ve been flat-out trying to set up our new 40 acre block as a self-sufficient farm. It’s a whole “family community” enterprise and while we’re all excited about the longer term potential, the workload and expense has [...] Continue Reading…
Un-Sustainable Rise Of Complexity and Bureaucracy
“Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work.”
– Albert Einstein
Bureaucracy irritates me, I mean REALLY <blanky> irritates me. All my friends hate bureaucracy. All my family hates bureaucracy. In fact, everyone I’ve ever mentioned the word bureaucracy to hates bureaucracy! If so many of us (seemingly all of us) [...] Continue Reading…
Patents for DIY Self-Sufficiency Projects
As a fabricator, I’m constantly looking online for input, ideas or even working plans for my self-sufficient living projects. One of the best sources of information I’ve found are the various patent sites.
The other day I downloaded a patent for an efficient wood heater. The drawings were detailed enough [...] Continue Reading…
Consumerism and Sustainable Job Creation
There are very few humans currently living on planet earth that would dare claim that everything is rosy with our system. Yet we’ve had a hundred years – a whole century of rapid developments in mechanization, technological advance and social tinkering which promised to deliver a better world. One [...] Continue Reading…
Affordable, Sustainable Housing Made Illegal!
I came by a recent copy of the Warwick local newspaper and was appalled to see the headline story was an unveiled threat by local council to vigorously pursue shire residents who were “living illegally” in sheds and other unapproved dwellings.
Local council crackdowns on non-approved dwellings are nothing new. [...] Continue Reading…
Low Risk Renewable Energy Investment
These days interest in renewable energy is high and naturally interest in renewable energy investment has risen dramatically. Typical of societies driven by rampant consumerism all manner of con-men are stepping up to the plate to fleece well meaning investors with what amounts to little more than gambling in [...] Continue Reading…