It's interesting to hear how others are working to spread the meme. I have read most of Quinn's books (reading The Holy now) and love them. They always make me...
Jennifer wrote: "Anyway, this was not necessarily a direct response to your post… just thoughts." C*** See, that's the effect I like to have. ;) J> I wasn't...
OK, let's see if I can wade into this in any way that is helpful; because I have the same frustration between the theory and the practice. We live according to...
I guess the bottom line on my desire to "see" something out there regarding people radically changing how they live is fairly selfish. I want to do something...
Jennifer wrote: "I guess the bottom line on my desire to "see" something out there regarding people radically changing how they live is fairly selfish." C*** I...
Christine wrote: "Now we are looking at the world from a different core belief, we have to creatively build a whole new paradigm on which to base human life....
Hi - Martian, list owner here. I hope you are enjoying using this list; it is one of the oldest, and probably the most successful, Ishmael lists on the web. ...
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... I'm about half-way through Don't Think of an Elephant now. Since I have a somewhat alternative approach to parenting, I found his strict-father/nurturing...
... JO, I wonder if you might be able to help me figure something out about the sort-of intentional community that we are focused on bringing into being on our...
... I feel curious about something and this may help you with your quest for a theme... or all of us with our quest for a theme. Could you, for a moment,...
... imagining that, would you still want the hunter/gatherer/gardener ... would you want over all others? How would you make a living? What ... At first, I...
... I think people make clearer, stronger choices when they make them for what they want, rather than what they fear or don't want. I thought removing the...
Now I have to take it all back.... Just yesterday, Oprah hosted a global warming themed show, with Al Gore as special guest featuring his new movie, now out on...
Lua, Are you open to the idea of having visitors, instead of long term residence? For example, hosting educational camps you could also meet some of you ...
I agree that it is best to plan one's lifestyle out of an idea of how you really want to live, regardless of whether there is a Crash or not. I think there...
In a sustainable city, with no trash, local energy production, almost all food produced in the city, moving sidewalks for transportation anywhere in the city...
two documentaries you might like to check out are: The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil Curitiba: A Shared Course i'm working with a nonprofit...
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I don't really want to jump in with my first post seeming antagonistic ( and it really isn't)- but can we really do something- other than "programs". Seems to...
... Oooo! Oooo! I agree! And places like Los Angeles, New York, Salt Lake City. Sorry. Couldn't resist the obvious. Want to take food away from those ...
There I guess you have to consider what is the "tribe". if you consider the tribe the US, then we certainly can sustain ourselves. As to smaller units- Salt...
No, I had not heard of him before. Seems very harsh- and I do not support genocide in any way- nor do I support a dictatorship of the elite. However, if we are...
... Check the Q and A section on ishmael.org: The Question (ID Number 731)... I want to know what to tell people about the food race when they ask "so who...
Hi Lisa Excellent reponce! It's not so much us as a species that has a problem, it's us as high energy 'civilised' humans that do! This culture and most of...
This, while it sounds crazy- is the productive thing to do, if you agree with Quinn's theories ( and I do). I think that is why so many are looking for "the...
This is the first answer I have seen that is anything other than eco- environmentalism. I think it is needed, but it won't happen because we are too soft, and...
... **Interesting perspective. Withholding food from Africans? Sounds like a case of punish the victims, save the beast with the voracious appetite. Let's just...
... Yeah, wasn't gonna jump in, but was very tempted to. I agree. I think the statement, though going almost down the right path, doesn't make sense in the...
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