A basic society provides the following six things for everyone:

1. Food
2. Shelter
3. Clothing
4. Safety / Security
5. Friendship
6. Work

Food - Basic food to provide for the nutritional needs of the body.

Shelter - Protection from the weather (temperature, matter [rain, object, animals, etc]) and a place to sleep

Clothing - See shelter, ( Read more... )

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Nature is being destroyed by civilization, and it is the people who are part of civilization that are the agents of the destruction ( Read more... )

Why are we here?We are here because of all the things that happened before. We are here because of our parents, our grandparents, all the way back to the very first living being in our line. The first was here because there has been so much time since the beginning of the universe, that many, many, innumerable things have happened, and one of ( Read more... )

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International Local Community Currency Conference Summit
This is a design proposal for an international conference and summit focused on local currency, community currency, complementary currency and additional ways to fine tune the money supply and spending withing communities, regions or states ( Read more... )

There are lots of problems, but no solutions, in the new DVD release "CNN's Planet in Peril". The program examines various problems facing our civilization, including mass extinction, species loss, habitat destruction, deforestation, water pollution, climate change, chemical pollutants, overpopulation, etc ( Read more... )

Peak Oil and the Vision in the Mirror
If you don't know what peak oil is, then, first of all, you are not alone. Most people don't seem to have a clue about it. And, even some that do, don't seem to get the full implications. Let me lay it out for you as succinctly as I can ( Read more... )

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An interesting question arose for me this week regaring a fellow who lost his job due to his personal blog. The situation seems to be that the fellow was an editor at a small town weekly newspaper. In his spare time, he journaled online about various thoughts regarding local and daily events. Apparently, his employer did not appreciate this, or ( Read more... )