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ECO 5 months 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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ECO a week agoOffgrid Power Napkin Math
This last week I’ve done some work and research into off grid power generation. The temporary conclusion of the project is this small spreadsheet. The figures for the spreadsheet are originally setup to supply 13 kilowatt hours per day, a number drawn from other figures I did for a device minimalist lifestyle.
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Ben replied to the discussion Failed Experiment in the forum ECO 4 weeks ago
This is a really useful “failed experiment” — which you point out is always “failing forward” in the spirit of the best science.
I think it would be useful to speak about this in terms of your spiritual journey: we’re using the Calling Into Gifts tool “The 5Ps of Calling” for this gap-year journey.
While you have clarity…
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Ethan replied to the discussion The Barberry Project in the forum ECO 4 weeks ago
I would like to note that the electric skid steer shown costs a great deal more than 15K. That 15K is a 20% deposit.
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Ethan started the discussion Failed Experiment in the forum ECO 4 weeks ago
This last week I bought some books to see if furthering my goals through journalism and other forms of writing was possible given that I’ve already made a hobby of writing in my free time. After reading some essays and articles I’ve decided that I am not cut out for writing in this fashion at the moment.
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ECO 4 weeks agoThe New Economics of Plentitude (Juliet Schor)
This is a lecture by Juliet Schor who is one of the leading thinkers on “the plentitude economy”: https://centerforneweconomics.org/publications/the-new-economics-of-plentitude/
There’s also a video version on this page.
You can check out the Schumacher Center for losts of tweaks and alt-economic ideas.
centerforneweconomics.org
The New Economics of Plentitude - Schumacher Center for a New Economics
Schor critiques both the free-market and Keynesian paradigms of macroeconomics. She argues that in this day and age we need to construct new economic relationships, a new economics, which take into account ecological dangers, stagnation and inequality in the global … Continue reading
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Ben posted an update in the group
ECO 4 weeks agoWhat is the Gift Economy?
When we’re talking alt-economics, Robin Wall Kimmerer is one of the leading voices on gift economies. Here’s a decent podcast about her ideas:
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/robin-wall-kimmerers-manifesto-for-a-gift-economy/
freakonomics.com
Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Manifesto for a Gift Economy - Freakonomics
Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Manifesto for a Gift Economy - Freakonomics
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Ben started the discussion Neversink Farms: Intensive Sustainable Human-Scale Farming in the forum ECO 4 weeks ago
Neversink Farms: Intensive Sustainable Human-Scale Farming
@Etcetera an I were talking about the critical need for small-scale economies in food production for alt-economies — like of the solar-punk aesthetic thing. A leader in this is right in our area: Neversink Farm, developers of Neversink Tools (built in TN).
neversinkfarm.com
Organic vegetable farm in the Catskill Mountains hosting dinners, events, farm workshops. There is a fully stocked store onsite and we offer tours.
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Ben started the discussion The Barberry Project in the forum ECO 4 weeks ago
We’ve been thinking about alt-economies related to environmental restoration. One idea was harvesting barberry which as herbal/medicinal applications. The problem is the labor involved in harvesting the roots from the bush is very high. To that end, we’re thinking about equipment as a force multiplier. Here are some of the ideas we need to…
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Ethan replied to the discussion Envisioning Leadership Structure for Alternate Societies in the forum ECO 5 weeks ago
Reply to Envisioning Leadership Structure for Alternate Societies
My Notes of Holacracy:
Holacracy is a system that operates on the fundamental idea that situation reports and requests fro resources flow upwards through the chain of command and objectives flow downwards. This decentralization of command allows for each level of management to determine how to best use their resources to respond to a given…
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