Self-Sufficiency and Resilience – Plans upon Returning to Australia

  Back in January of this year I wrote a post about Self Sufficiency, Independence and Lifestyle Planning . In it, I explained how I wanted to become less reliant on the current industrial system and to take more control of my own life. I’ve achieved a lot since then, but knowing that we were moving back to Australia [...]

Eating Locally this Spring

Photo by: Down to Earth Spring has sprung in our garden. The tomato plants are taking over their world (they seem to be much bigger this year), the apples and oranges are maturing, the beets are ready to harvest and the squash are poking up from the earth. I love this time of year. New [...]

The Perfect Storm: Six Trends Converging on Collapse

I have an uneasy feeling lately. Everywhere I look I see signs that all is not well. Of course, I’ve been seeing those signs for a couple of years, but things seem to be speeding up and now more and more people appear to be noticing. What interesting times we live in. There are dark [...]

Our Garden in Spring

This year we’ve left our cool season garden in longer than we really needed. We wanted to watch everything go to seed; to see our garden’s entire life cycle. I’m glad we did. I’m amazed how beautiful our vegetable plants are at this time of the year. I’m sad just thinking that this is our [...]

Homegrown Revolution

This family is an inspiration. What they’ve managed to do with their 1/5th acre Urban Homestead is phenomenal.

A Farm for the Future

I thought I was getting better, but alas I was fooled. I’m still down with this illness, which seems to have progressed to a rotten headache and deep lethargy. I can’t find the energy to write any posts so instead, here is a video I found today at the Simple, Green, Frugal Co-op. Hope you [...]

The journey of 100 posts starts with a single line!

Today marks a milestone. 100 posts! I thought I should celebrate with a little look back at my journey since last July, when I started this blog. This blog was conceived because I had a mind full of thoughts that needed writing down. I’ve found the process cathartic and illuminating at the same time. Usually, as I go about my [...]

Links – Week 7, 2010

Photo by: Brandon Warren Lot’s of gloomy stuff on the interwebs this week. I had quite a few links planned, but I decided to cut back to just a few for my own sanity. Be sure to check out the bloglinks at the bottom of this post. They are all a sure cure for gloominess. Economy [...]

Links – Week 6, 2010

Photo by: Brandon Christopher Warren Here are some of the articles around the internet that I found interesting this week. Economy Delusions of Finance: Where We are Headed <In this presentation I> go back to my post from January 2008 called Peak Oil and the Financial Markets: A Forecast for 2008 and explain why my forecasts [...]

Environment#3: Resource Limitations ~ Food

Photo by: Bern@t For some background reading on related issues, try these articles first: Environment#1: The Issue of Human Population Growth Energy#1: What is Peak Oil Environment#2: Resource Limitations~ Water It’s time to start thinking about Food Security When you think about the factors affecting food production (climate, water, arable land, fertiliser, energy) it’s easy to see [...]