http://ecotopianliving.com Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:09:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I'm a big news reader and of course the biggest news these days is the economic crash. And like it or not this is BIG news. It's hard to keep my eyes off it, but I've been focusing on reading more positive articles about it. "How to" articles and ... http://ecotopianliving.com/?p=103 The city burned. From the destruction leapt green things. Sprouts from seed that had waited so long for calamity, now celebrated in the rubble. Grasses grew up where the asphalt buckled, cracks became luminous streams to feed new populations. The sun overhead gleamed. Beings pushed aside concrete and brick, stretched out their wings and sang a new world into ... http://ecotopianliving.com/?p=101 Be sure to check out our new short fiction section. Great stuff by Kala there! http://ecotopianliving.com/?page_id=34 http://ecotopianliving.com/?p=93 Here is a really inspiring interview with Bill Mollison about Permaculture: http://www.seedsofchange.com/cutting_edge/interview.asp One of the interesting points he raises is how permaculture is designed to assist the land in producing food. Most people (myself included) are turned off by the idea of long hours of hard work in the field. I am ... http://ecotopianliving.com/?p=88 A few months back I read Dmitri Orlovs book "Reinventing Collapse". It's definitely a worthy read. He comes from the perspective of having seen the Soviet Union collapse and draws parallels between their situation and ours. Here is a very informative series of articles about what individuals can do to ... http://ecotopianliving.com/?p=76 Well that took a lot less time than I expected! We originally got our yurt by getting a loan from my 'ex', who is also the mother of our son River.  She had come into an inheritance and was happy to help us to escape the rent-trap. Also it enabled ... http://ecotopianliving.com/?p=69 Great little 20 minute video about "Stuff". It's pretty simple and a good intro even for kids. http://ecotopianliving.com/?p=66 I have no idea where I got this so I can't give it proper credit, but it's an amazing summation of the hidden side of life in America that few would want to face up to. http://ecotopianliving.com/?p=58 There is  a desire in most of us to always make more money. I've found that one of the best ways to make more money is to simply reduce your unnecessary expenses. Here are a few ways that we've cut our costs to simplify our lives and have to work ... http://ecotopianliving.com/?p=53 Just read this interesting article about life without cars. The area around me is getting more and more developed, but most city folk would still call this the "country". Thinking of a life without cars is always a dilemna because I love living in the country but it's an absolute requirement ... http://ecotopianliving.com/?p=20