I think we're approaching the situation from the wrong end of the 'green'. By this, I mean, we should first be asking "What are people for?" and decide what people could do with their labors and creativity that contributes to their own future and the future of a place. Imagining ways to enhance their labor and creativity with a minimalist resource bent changes the entire perspective.

The contemporary system is built on what is basically "trickle-down dumbshit economics", where we set up system upon system that dig, burn and throw away resources, and the laboring billions get a pittance of the energy and resources after Big Money gets done throwing tanks and airplanes around with no purpose.

The vast majority of the shit that everyone keeps trying to come up with solutions for is just absolutely useless.

I'm working on a list of this stuff and reasons, and part 2 is the stuff we do need and reasons.

It might be a while, because Spring has sprung a lot of work on the places right now.

My perspective mostly comes from building equipment that assists small farmers with their tasks.

There is so much we can do with wood, bone, muscle and animals before we have to start digging for new metals and plastics that aren't already sitting in driveways and junkyards.

The problem is that consumerism has taught people that everything is cheap and easy.