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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I would like to note that the electric skid steer shown costs a great deal more than 15K. That 15K is a 20% deposit.

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.

@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).

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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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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Today as @Etcetera and I were reviewing our time with the leaders of Awakened Village in NJ and talked about action points, it came up that leadership structure is essential for the community that would drive alt society solutions (which we are pursuing as a contextualization of the Kingdom of God). At Awakened Village, we’re starting to…

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@Etcetera and I were talking tonight about the importance of WITH: doing life, pushing mission, and solving big problems with God.

I shared how John 15:1-11 says the heart of life with God (abiding) is keeping Yeshua’s and the Fathers commands out of love (v. 10). This is the heart of the Gospel of the Kingdom and true faith (Mark 1:15).

So if we…

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This website might be useful to this discussion. https://bulkhempwarehouse.com/hempcrete-101/

We’re very interested in hemp-crete as a building material and insulation, but before we add it to our model, we need to get cost numbers and compare with other materials.

@Etcetera and I and some friends are interested in exploring small/tiny homes. While we’re interested in less-toxic and sustainable construction, our main driver is affordability. A big driver for this is our own cases:

• What does it look like for a young person to live a local and rooted like without huge debt that requires consuming…

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