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Off-grid (slide: word in capitals). Many of us have dreamed with this. Earthship and strawbale buildings (pic slide), solar and wind power (pic slide), growing our own food (pic slide). Many of us associate NL/RBE with off-grid (word slide). However, it has been a defining feature of The Zeitgeist Movement to argue for staying in the cities and raising awareness from our current homes and within our current lifestyles. It is argued that if we leave the cities to protect ourselves from an impending collapse of the system, instead of being safe our homesteads will be the hungry mobs' first target. I personally can't agree more. | Off-grid (slide: word in capitals). Many of us have dreamed with this. Earthship and strawbale buildings (pic slide), solar and wind power (pic slide), growing our own food (pic slide). Many of us associate NL/RBE with off-grid (word slide). However, it has been a defining feature of The Zeitgeist Movement to argue for staying in the cities and raising awareness from our current homes and within our current lifestyles. It is argued that if we leave the cities to protect ourselves from an impending collapse of the system, instead of being safe our homesteads will be the hungry mobs' first target. I personally can't agree more. | ||
However, the situation is not that simple. The system has been collapsing for thirty years, and although it may be argued that it is accelerating, people are also adapting and adjusting at an accelerating rate to keep up with technology. By the looks of it, it seems like disasters due to climate change will happen sooner than the total collapse of system, which might actually help the system survive rather than challenge it. | However, the situation is not that simple. The system has been collapsing for thirty years, and although it may be argued that it is accelerating, people are also adapting and adjusting at an accelerating rate to keep up with technology. By the looks of it, it seems like disasters due to climate change will happen sooner than the total collapse of system, which might actually help the system survive rather than challenge it. | ||
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| + | == Circular city (1-1.3') == | ||
| + | (slide: circular city). Who here hasn't been inspired by this very image? Who of us would say "no" if we were invited to one? (slide: TVP city close-up image) How much would we be willing to work, or to compromise, for the opportunity to inhabit in a city like this? (slide: TVP science-fictiony image) These designs spark our imagination, but how viable are they? How feasible, especially if built with resources obtained in the monetary system? | ||
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| + | (slide: circular city again) If we can't have something like this because it would be too expensive, and we can't rely on the system collapsing soon enough, what are our options other than painfully keep dreaming, and raising awareness among people that are mostly sceptical of the alternative socio-economic system we promote? Can't we have something similar in essence, but within our reach? | ||
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Revision as of 16:19, 7 December 2016
The following is a work in progress draft and notes for the presentation at ZDay in Brisbane in March 2017.
Off-grid (1.4'-1.8')
Off-grid (slide: word in capitals). Many of us have dreamed with this. Earthship and strawbale buildings (pic slide), solar and wind power (pic slide), growing our own food (pic slide). Many of us associate NL/RBE with off-grid (word slide). However, it has been a defining feature of The Zeitgeist Movement to argue for staying in the cities and raising awareness from our current homes and within our current lifestyles. It is argued that if we leave the cities to protect ourselves from an impending collapse of the system, instead of being safe our homesteads will be the hungry mobs' first target. I personally can't agree more.
However, the situation is not that simple. The system has been collapsing for thirty years, and although it may be argued that it is accelerating, people are also adapting and adjusting at an accelerating rate to keep up with technology. By the looks of it, it seems like disasters due to climate change will happen sooner than the total collapse of system, which might actually help the system survive rather than challenge it.
Circular city (1-1.3')
(slide: circular city). Who here hasn't been inspired by this very image? Who of us would say "no" if we were invited to one? (slide: TVP city close-up image) How much would we be willing to work, or to compromise, for the opportunity to inhabit in a city like this? (slide: TVP science-fictiony image) These designs spark our imagination, but how viable are they? How feasible, especially if built with resources obtained in the monetary system?
(slide: circular city again) If we can't have something like this because it would be too expensive, and we can't rely on the system collapsing soon enough, what are our options other than painfully keep dreaming, and raising awareness among people that are mostly sceptical of the alternative socio-economic system we promote? Can't we have something similar in essence, but within our reach?
