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The Regenerative / Degenerative Continuum Of Resource Use
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Continue Reading: The Regenerative / Degenerative Continuum Of Resource UseCan an eco-system make use of single-use, polluting resource and still be called an eco-system? This question drives right at the heart of what sustainable livelihood is and what it means to be regenerative and abundant. As is often the case, it depends. It also addresses a few of the difficulties with paying yourself to…
Borrowing Without Intent To Repay: How Modern Fiat Currency Systems Concentrate Wealth By Design
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Continue Reading: Borrowing Without Intent To Repay: How Modern Fiat Currency Systems Concentrate Wealth By DesignThe monetary system which we are all subjected to this day in age is diametrically opposed to having a regenerative economy. Simply put, a regenerative economy cannot exist (or will fail) if the money used to transact within it violates the ethics of 1) Care For The Earth, 2) Care For The People, and 3)…
The Regenerative Agora – Counter-Economics For Stewards Of The Future
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Continue Reading: The Regenerative Agora – Counter-Economics For Stewards Of The FutureHow can we go about creating the new systems, business models, value systems and infrastructure of a regenerative society when much of that work is arbitrarily outlawed or suppressed by the power systems that dominate our current culture? This post is for those of you interested in creating that world worth inheriting, whether or not…
The 4 Freedoms: Principles For Regenerative Lifestyle Design
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Continue Reading: The 4 Freedoms: Principles For Regenerative Lifestyle DesignThe Four Freedoms The Four Freedoms is a framework composed of four mutually-supporting principles that act as the foundation for regenerative and sovereign lifestyle design. While not explicitly mentioned in my consultancy work, these principles do inform my own individual perspective, and inherently undergird the design work I do. I see the Four Freedoms as…
The 7th Generation Principle – Designing For Continuity Across Generations ~ Epi-063
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Continue Reading: The 7th Generation Principle – Designing For Continuity Across Generations ~ Epi-063In this episode I am sharing what I have come to call the 7th Generation Principle – a principle guide post of sorts that I’ve been refining for nearly 10 years now to help guide my design work (for my own life and for others) in the direction of inter-generational regeneration. Basically, it seems like…
The 7th Generation Principle – Designing Ecosystems For Continuity Across Generations
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Continue Reading: The 7th Generation Principle – Designing Ecosystems For Continuity Across GenerationsCover image credit: Schowdhuri, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons This post details a working principle I’ve been refining since I first published it back in 2014. The guiding statement and ensuing question that led to the development of this principle is this: Humans have at various times and places throughout our history lived…
DIY Soil Fertility – Part 6: Charcoal and Biochar
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Continue Reading: DIY Soil Fertility – Part 6: Charcoal and BiocharCharcoal vs. Biochar – What Is The Difference? Charcoal is the carbonized solid that remains after biomass has had all moisture and volatile compounds removed from it via pyrolysis, the slow heating of wood or other carbonaceous materials in a low to no-oxygen environment. Biochar, generally speaking, is charcoal that has been “charged” with nutrients…
DIY Soil Fertility – Part 5: Fermented Plant Juice
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Continue Reading: DIY Soil Fertility – Part 5: Fermented Plant JuiceWhat Is Fermented Plant Juice? Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ) is a fermented extract of the saps and chlorophylls of specific types of plants. It is enzymatically rich and full of lactic acid producing bacteria and yeast that can help to invigorate plant and animal growth (a probiotic). FPJ is simple to make with typical home…
DIY Soil Fertility – Part 4: Thermophilic Compost
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Continue Reading: DIY Soil Fertility – Part 4: Thermophilic CompostWhat Is Thermophilic Composting? Thermophilic composting processes are set up to favor thermophilic (“heat loving”) microbes that are capable of rapidly breaking down organic matter into humus. Thermophilic composting is a way to make large quantities of quality compost in a relatively short period of time, and is typically done in meter square piles (the…
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