[Craic] The Planet of the Humans vs. Resource Based Economy

[Arthur Blomme]

Hi David

Good point.  I would like to discuss Jane Jacobs Saturday.   I am 
addressing this post to  the list so others can share your perspective.

Art

On 5/05/20 12:16 p.m., David Walsh wrote:
>
> Hi Art – this video/model talks about maintaining a high standard life 
> style. It does not appear to address the goal of a more simple way of 
> life. Also, it’s ‘systems building’ approach lacks many of the 
> positive factors that Jane Jacobs calls for.
>
> David
>
> David Walsh
>
> david at dwalsh.ca
>
> Cell: 416-361-1341
>
> *From:*craic <craic-bounces at lists.integralshift.ca> *On Behalf Of 
> *Arthur Blomme
> *Sent:* May 5, 2020 10:59 AM
> *To:* Assisting virtual Craic <craic at lists.integralshift.ca>
> *Subject:* [Craic] The Planet of the Humans vs. Resource Based Economy
>
> Hi all
>
> The question that Michael Moore's film raises for me is whether our 
> civilization is in decline because of the technological excesses we 
> have engaged.  At Saturday craic we were discussing alternatives to 
> the current system.   A high contender for the kind of system we might 
> want in the future is the resource based economy.  I am wondering 
> about the carbon footprint of a project where we stick 6 billion 
> people into cities like the one pictured below.  It took a couple of 
> hundred years for the Roman empire to decline.  if it takes that long 
> for the American Empire to decline will we have sown the seed for our 
> inevitable extinction.
>
> A Resource based economy involves much more than substituting green 
> technology for carbon based technology.
>
> Art
>
> Resource Based Economy video 
> <https://youtu.be/_EkMjTnWk14>*https://www.thevenusproject.com/*
>
> The Venus Project proposes an alternative vision of what the future 
> can be if we apply what we already know in order to achieve a 
> sustainable new world civilization. It calls for a straightforward 
> redesign of our culture in which the age-old inadequacies of war, 
> poverty, hunger, debt and unnecessary human suffering are viewed not 
> only as avoidable but as totally unacceptable. Anything less will 
> result in a continuation of the same catalog of problems inherent in 
> today's world.
>
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>
> My first introduction to resource based planning was through this book 
> by Peter Joseph.  His website is http://peterjoseph.info/ His highly 
> recommended book is .
>
>
>     *Society is broken. We can design our way to a better one.*
>
>     In our interconnected world, self-interest and social-interest are
>     rapidly becoming indistinguishable. If current negative
>     trajectories remain, including growing climate destabilization,
>     biodiversity loss, and economic inequality, an impending future of
>     ecological collapse and societal destabilization will make
>     “personal success” virtually meaningless. Yet our broken social
>     system incentivizes behavior that will only make our problems
>     worse. If true human rights progress is to be achieved today, it
>     is time we dig deeper—rethinking the very foundation of our social
>     system.
>
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