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<p>Hi David <br>
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<p>Good point. I would like to discuss Jane Jacobs Saturday. I am
addressing this post to the list so others can share your
perspective. <br>
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<p>Art<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/05/20 12:16 p.m., David Walsh
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century
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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
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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lang="EN-US"> craic
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:craic-bounces@lists.integralshift.ca"><craic-bounces@lists.integralshift.ca></a>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Arthur Blomme<br>
<b>Sent:</b> May 5, 2020 10:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Assisting virtual Craic
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:craic@lists.integralshift.ca"><craic@lists.integralshift.ca></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Craic] The Planet of the Humans vs.
Resource Based Economy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>Hi all <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>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.
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<p>A Resource based economy involves much more than substituting
green technology for carbon based technology.
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<p>Art<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span class="style-scope">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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<p>My first introduction to resource based planning was through
this book by Peter Joseph. His website is
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His highly recommended book is .<br>
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<span class="style-scope"><b>Society is broken. We can
design our way to a better one.</b></span><br>
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<span class="style-scope">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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