Notices by Simon Forman (carapace@mastodon.social)

I was homeless for about 4 or 5 years, so believe me when I say, rousting folks from their camps is super cruel. It's torment. It's beyond fucked up that such a rich nation punishes and torments our weak and damaged family, friends, and neighbors.

We can just go ahead and build a new civilization, here and now, inside the old. My brain is trying to get me to use an "Alien" metaphor, "we can burst from the chest of the old civ..." but while that would be funny it would also be inaccurate and counterproductive.

Sometime between the invention of the steam engine and the invention of the transistor the old economic systems became obsolete. We have artificial muscles and artificial brains, we no longer need to "earn a living". With our scientific knowledge we now have the means to provide a decent standard of living to everyone on the planet "without disadvantaging anyone" in Bucky's turn of phrase. No one has to get nailed to anything.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_science_revolution

A crude what you might call "metabolism" for a regenerative village. It starts with the sun, of course, and it generates potable water, food, and carbon-neutral fuel all while improving the volume and vitality of the soil without causing any pollution whatsoever.

Based on:
• Ecology Action's GROW BioIntensive® system http://growbiointensive.org/
• David Blume's system from Whiskey Hill Farms & Science Center https://www.whiskeyhillfarms.com/
• Todd et. al. https://www.toddecological.com/

#Permaculture #SolarPunk

Today's the day that, if all goes well, we will pick up two Kunekune pigs, a pair of ladies named Biscuit and Butter. ... They're about a year and a half old and super cute.

Kunekune pigs are grazers, they eat grass like cows, and they are as sweet and friendly as dogs. Their primary role will be to convert grass into pig poop and more pig.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunekune

#AriadneSystems

@adamconover The great white sharks are out by the Farallons.👍

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farallon_Islands#Sharks

@seachanger If we fixed the computer problems we would be out of work.

Stolen loot from Imgur, "via the geek strikes back". Now it's yours too...😜

"Share and enjoy!"

Living in ecological harmony with Nature isn't (just) about reducing our burning of fossil fuels so as to alleviate the worst of climate change, it's about healing the rift between humans and the other residents of the planet.
We have a living breathing model here of what to do and how to do it. We don't have to do any more research or figure anything out.

Pretty good video on Findhorn Ecovillage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGjRqpqDB-w

#Permaculture #SolarPunk #Spirituality #ecology #village

Seriously, listen to the bones.

The thought occurs, #StarTrek is #SolarPunk ?

(I'm not making an assertion, it's just something that might be fun to think/talk about, eh?)

Malcolm Wells (RIP), the father of underground building, developed a scorecard for rating a building or site according to a bunch of common-sense criteria about what makes it good, healthy, and sustainable.

https://permies.com/t/216319/Rating-Evaluating-Buildings

#permaculture #SolarPunk #sustainability #ClimateChange

(I didn't make this, I cribbed it from Imgur, I don't know who did make it, if you know please tell me.)

I'm cleaning out $HOME for the new year, I hope you enjoy this.

#StarTrek #HappyNewYear

The birds are not supposed to be on top of the tropical hothouse cabinet, but if they're being quiet I sometimes pretend not to notice and let them hang out up there for a bit.

#Chickens