It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance
The world is powered by passionate people, powerful ideas, and fearless action. What’s one strong belief you possess that isn’t shared by your closest friends or family? What inspires this belief, and what have you done to actively live it?
I'm extremely worried about peak oil, the end of easy energy, and the failure of our society to plan for the future. I'm attempting to build personal resilience by relearning old skills, such as making sauerkraut and cooking from basic ingredients instead of depending solely on convenience foods. In my professional life, I helped plan my company's capital infrastructure plans for the next 10-15 years, including developing an engineering solution which probably made up for my lifetime's carbon emissions. Otherwise, I'm trying to build community, and help my friends become more personally resilient in the face of a more and more interesting future.
"I'm trying to build community, and help my friends become more personally resilient in the face of a more and more interesting future."
ReplyDeleteInteresting in oh, so many ways!!! ;) But seriously, you help me with that...which is amazing...and I thank you.
I agree-relearning old skills are essential. Have you read, "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle"? What an awesome book! It's in the same vein of valuing old/lost skills as well as other stuff.
I've been bad about cooking at home...and that makes me quite sad. It's hard to do when work schedules are so chaotic. Once we get some people hired, I'd like to do that again. I'm relearning to love bike riding again...which is so awesome!
I'll have to check out the book... It's funny that it's not hard at all to cook. It's practice, and a few basic skills, and not that much time. Anyone who has set through a forty minute discussion about what kind of carry out food both parties of a couple are in the mood for will agree that cooking is much easier and more pleasurable than that.
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