Realism, Utopia and E-communitarianism
We make that vision our own in our proposal for Eco-communitarianism, a post-capitalist utopian order that, never fully achievable, nonetheless operates as a guiding star for daily action.
We make that vision our own in our proposal for Eco-communitarianism, a post-capitalist utopian order that, never fully achievable, nonetheless operates as a guiding star for daily action.
And the global task of ecosystem restoration will begin in earnest. Once ideas on how to achieve what’s assumed to be impossible are articulated, that goal is no longer impossible.
Let’s get inspired.
Over the last few months I have been working with my co-director of the Simplicity Institute, Simon Ussher, collecting together provocative and inspiring quotes and excerpts from our favourite thinkers and writers, related to the themes of simple living, frugal abundance, money and wealth, crisis, mindfulness, nature mysticism and sacred activism.
My greatest inspirations are William Shakespeare and Aldo Leopold. The key to moving hearts and minds no matter what your field of endeavor is good storytelling.
Resilience means having backup systems in place in case the primary systems we’ve come to depend on falter or disappear.