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This week I finished: The Way Home: Tales From a Life Without Technology, by Mark Boyle: I learned of Mark Boyle probably years ago and I think watched his TEDx talk. Recently a guest suggested I connect with an Australian woman, Jo Nemeth, who is living with no money. I connected with Jo, which led to engaging conversations. Jo describes Mark as a hero, which prompted me to read this[…] Keep reading →

Regular readers know what a sidcha is and that my second daily habit that both became a sidcha and helped me conceive of the concept began with doing ten burpees a day. I think I started my burpee habit in early 2012. In time, that habit evolved into a twice-daily set of calisthenics. I agree that discipline equals freedom, so more than the sizeable gains of saving money, saving time,[…] Keep reading →

I only wish I’d disconnected sooner. Not needing something means more freedom, especially not needing something that hurts people. People often ask if everyone could live like me. If every American lived like me, we could reduce our electric grid to a tiny fraction of its present incarnation. Our national security would increase, as would our health, community, and safety. Wealth disparities would decrease among many other friendly social outcomes.[…] Keep reading →

Everybody acts like sustainability is someone else’s job. Sure, they’ll avoid straws or get triple pane windows on their third home, the one in Tuscany that they fly to a couple times a year (I sat next to someone at a dinner recently who was doing so), but actually changing culture? That’s too much to ask of anyone. Everyone acts like it’s not their job. Whatever their job is, they[…] Keep reading →

Are you thinking about acting more but concerned about feeling guilty or judged that you aren’t doing enough? If so, you’ll love this conversation. I feel honored to work with people with Andy’s background and community, which you’ll hear about in our conversation. Despite his working with prime ministers and across Europe and the world, and acting in many ways already in his life, he was also worried about feeling judged[…] Keep reading →

For those who haven’t read Sustainability Simplified, one of the main things it builds to is something that I thought crazy when I first thought it. The idea is a constitutional amendment in the style of the thirteenth, but instead of banning slavery, two main clauses, both traditional, both Enlightendigenous. One protects life, liberty, and property when the threat to them came through the environment. The other disallowing making property[…] Keep reading →

I wrote this letter to the editor of the New Yorker. It’s been long enough that I doubt they’ll print it, but I wanted to share my thoughts. Using nuclear and, if it ever works, fusion today is like someone in the 1950s throwing a plastic plate into the ocean, figuring, “The ocean is so big and the plate is so small, what difference could it make even if everyone[…] Keep reading →

I meditate first thing in the morning every day. I’ve experimented with apps, but found them distracting. I joke that the countdown timer on my phone is my app, set to 33 minutes. I start the timer, then sit down and meditate until it goes off. Why 33 minutes? I ramped up over time and that’s where I’ve reached. I can usually tell around when the time is nearly up.[…] Keep reading →

This week I finished: The Male Brain, by Louann Brizendine: I heard of Brizendine’s first book The Female Brain, but the library had The Male Brain, so I got it instead. Reading it was satisfying, learning about differences between the male brain and what I hear more about, which is our commonalities. There seems to be a mainstream outrage that claims that the male brain and body are considered normal[…] Keep reading →