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End Of Power And Reduce Scale

December 14, 2008 14 comments

During the agricultural revolution 10,000 years ago, a minority of people invented a way to give themselves power over the majority. We call this invention “civilization.” 
For the first time large surpluses of food could be created, counted, and concentrated. Before that we had limited forms of agriculture and animal husbandry. But this time it was [...]

Rise of the Forest Gardeners—Earth Culture

November 17, 2008 No comments yet

Nothing manifests our world view and our relationship with the planet more than how we garden. If we are detached from our food, we are detached from the earth and each other. For millions of americans the ability to drive to the grocery store and buy healthy food is slowly disappearing. For hundreds of millions [...]