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Ben posted an update in the group
ECO 4 weeks agoWeclome to ECO!
My son and I started this group to capture some of our conversations about mission and stewardship in spaces we’re interested in: namely intersection of the construction and the housing crisis, local economics, and sustainable ecology. As I thought about what to call the group, the Greek word oikos came to mind which means “household” and…
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Ben posted an update in the group
ECO 2 weeks ago2 weeks ago (edited)
The First Sustainable Generation?
I’m thinking a lot lately about the connection between aesthetic and hope: the world you visualize is the world you are building. I have to admit, I visualize a pretty dismal future and have a “salvage punk” aesthetic — as humanity creates a dystopia, I see myself in a remnant eking out an alternative from scraps and DIY skills. It’s a bit …
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Salvagepunk is an idea and framework I’ve been toying with for a couple of weeks, and which I borrow loosely from Evan Calder Williams’ Combined and Uneven Apocalypse (2011). In this bo…
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This is reminding me of this article I read a while ago, about how fiction (Star Trek in this example) has power to shape the real world as it unfurls. Lots of power in speculative fiction and the stories we tell ourselves!!!! https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-books/2023/09/08/star-trek-and-3-d-printing/
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I love the line “how to repeat differently” from the Salvagepunk article!
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Ethan posted an update in the group
ECO 2 weeks agoA Construction Prime
A while ago I was tasked to find a Prime for my desire to become a construction worker. i worked on the problem
slowly in my own mind and using the framework that had initially sparked
the conversation I was able to find the intersection between spiritual
and physical. The Spiritual directive is to bring people to the Lord,
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This reminds me of the KJV version of the parable of the Talents in Luke 19:13: And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
It’s also making me think of the idea of “dwell”.
God created the tabernacle so he could dwell among the people: Exodus 25:8, 29:45
Jesus says to dwell in him…
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