In the United States most of us receive our daily necessities of food, water, energy, shelter and sanitation from the ‘grid’, a complex system of production and distribution. This grid is a historically unprecedented economic system that is characterized by specialization, centralization, complication, and communication. It is incredible in its ability to create and supply a wide range of services and products.
However, the grid also creates a society of consumers who don’t need many practical skills or relationships with local people. Many of us would likely die if the fragility of the grid resulted in its total or partial collapse if the conditions of peace and stability it relies on disappears. But even if it doesn’t collapse, the benefits of decreasing dependency on that grid can help us create families and communities that experience greater freedom and health.
In this podcast episode I talk with Kemble Hildreth of Acorn Land Labs about practical thoughts and simple solutions for decreasing our dependency on unhealthy, vulnerable industrial systems.
“Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,
“Come out of her, my people,
lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues.”
Revelation 18:4 ESV
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Wow! Thank you for making a video as well as a podcast. Seeing faces and expressions and turning the captions on and the screen sharing helped me track the conversation more fully. (My Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder often impairs my ability to process deep, worthwhile thoughts, so every edge helps).
Your faith and whole-systems approach to thinking and living as well as permaculture is a great gift.
Peace and Good to you all.
Wonderful, inspiring information. Thank you for your work.
Thank you for centering God in the forefront of all that you do.