deep-green living; Decolonization; Degrowth; Doomer home ec
DEEP GREEN blog: jenny nazak
In my book, I point out that low-footprint living, in addition to helping the planet, can also allow households to boost their disaster-resilience. As if to underscore my idea, numerous hurricanes and other natural disasters have hit the world since I published my book in 2017. All of them have had devastating effects on the …
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In challenging times, wise people start to look for investments that won’t lose their value, and will pay bigger and bigger dividends as time goes on. The return on what I call “solid investments” or “real stuff” isn’t financial (unless, for example, you end up growing enough food to sell). But, to paraphrase an old …
My objective with this blog, with my book Deep Green, and with my low-footprint lifestyle, is to help spark a widespread, enduring craze for low-footprint living. Not just a flash-in-the-pan fad, but an enduring passion. And one that is widespread across geographic regions, segments of society. In my mission, I rely heavily on social media, …
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The Riot for Austerity target numbers don’t differentiate between people who work from a home office, and those whose workplace is outside the home. (For those of you who may be newcomers to this blog, the Riot for Austerity — also known as the 90 Percent Reduction Challenge — is the grassroots eco-footprint-reduction movement that …
In my last post, I mentioned wild edible plants as a free source of highly nutritious food (and sometimes also medicine). Another major health bonanza is fruit trees. Wherever you live, you are likely to find at least a few fruit trees in your neighborhood. (This might not be true if you live in an …
Continue reading “Health Bonanza, Part II: Meet Your Neighborhood Fruit Trees”
An umbrella group of neighborhood associations in my city has its regular monthly meeting this evening. On “tap” for tonight’s meeting, someone from the city utilities department will be fielding questions about a proposed new water treatment program that has become (un)popularly known as “toilet to tap.” I’ve lived in many places, and in most …
Many people assume that low-footprint living entails a rejection of technology, but that’s not true at all. In fact, some technologies are enabling people to radically reduce their footprint. Skype and other teleconferencing software, which has allowed workers and companies to pare their travel overhead, comes to mind, as does educational software for online learning. …
Continue reading “Appropriate Technology: What’s “Appropriate”?”