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The Larva in the Midst of Chaos: Letting go of everything but this moment
"Return to the state of the uncarved block. When the block is carved, it becomes useful. When the sage uses it, he becomes the ruler....
Tawanda Jazz
4 days ago


Enjoying Our Days When We're Terrified of What the Future Will Bring
I am no stranger to worrying about the future. In fact, it's almost impossible, in our day and age, to always be in the present moment,...
Tawanda Jazz
4 days ago


Numbered Days: An Interview with Conservation Biologist Guy McPherson
"Our days are numbered. Passionately pursue a life of excellence" —Guy McPherson S065 by Igor Morski. http://www.igor.morski.pl/ After...
Tawanda Jazz
4 days ago


American Oligarchy: Moving from Denial to Effective Action
In the United States of America, there has been a long tradition of trust—especially among the groups of people who haven't been...
Tawanda Jazz
Aug 1


The Larva in the Midst of Chaos: Notes on Collapse from a Taoist, Minimalist Prepper
#1: Adaptation vs. Accumulation "If you want to become full, Let yourself be empty. If you want to be reborn, Let yourself die. If you...
Tawanda Jazz
Jun 30


It’s Not Your Imagination: Consumer Goods are Less Durable, more disposable, and way more expensive. Here’s Why.
Most of the mainstream press is keen to blame it on “Greed-flation” , a term coined to describe the choices of grocery corporations to...
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Jul 1, 2024


Rewilding Ourselves as a Response to Collapse
Humans like to think of ourselves as separate from the animal world—as if, by evolving to walk on two legs and write, invent, build, that...
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Apr 3, 2024


Holding each other by the fall: How can we turn climate anxiety into relief?
Jem Bendell made his name five years ago when the frustrated climate scientist posted a fifty-page PDF on his website, Deep Adaptation...
Blanka Vay
Mar 1, 2024


Poem: In My Mother Tongue
In my mother tongue by Keren-Happuch Garba I sang the songs my own mother taught me In the language of her tongue With the rhythm of...
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Mar 1, 2024


Resilience, Empathy & Wu Wei: Living a More Fulfilling Life in the Age of Collapse
Some people out there have looked at the science, thrown their hands up and said “Oh well, it’s all over. I now have an excuse to do...
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Jan 30, 2024


Pretending That Everything is Fine is Putting Everyone in More Danger - Including You
The earth is grossly overpopulated. Natural disasters are increasing in numbers and also in severity. If you just take a moment to look...
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Jan 30, 2024


Food: A Deep Adaptation Experience
*Originally written in August, 2021. This is the beginning of the extinction rebellion week called the ‘Impossible Rebellion’. I am not...
Katharine Burke
Jan 30, 2024


Chatting with Cody Lundin About Self-Reliance & Survival
"Survival situations suck. Do all that you can to prevent them from happening in the first place." -Cody Lundin Cody Lundin, AKA AboDude...
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Jan 30, 2024


Poem: Seasons, Extinction
Seasons, Extinction by Tawanda Jazz I imagine myself as a monk a rice farmer a solitary toad Zen beside moonlit pond I rake in the heat...
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Jan 30, 2024


Poem: The Blue Marble, II
The Blue Marble, II by Bruce Bond *First published on Terrain.org Dear Earth, When I think of you, I see you in the patio of the New York...
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Dec 31, 2023


Rise of the Doomsters: A conversation with Jem Bendell & his chatbot
While searching the web for ideas for increasing my own climate change resilience about a year ago, I came upon a video of Professor Jem...
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Nov 8, 2023


Why Being Self-Sufficient is the New American Dream
Something happened around 2005 or so, something that changed the way Americans (and many other first-worlders) thought about adulthood...
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Nov 8, 2023
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