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## Things I've been doing this year that's a change from last year: * switched jobs from full time permanent to better paying less interesting contract work *
by shoo 11y ago
## Things I've been doing this year that's a change from last year:
* switched jobs from full time permanent to better paying less interesting contract work
* moved house to reduce expenses
* growing vegetables
* donating to crowd sourced environmental lobbying campaigns, attending the odd climate change rally
## Thinking that's influenced these actions
+ our civilisation is geared towards pursuing economic growth, that was a reasonable idea in earlier times, but is now an arguably terrible one, as we near/exceed planetary environmental boundaries. changing reality, old thinking. our goals are wrong.
+ if i learn to be more self sufficient and live modestly i can retire in a few years, and will be more resilient against things going amiss with the economy / society.
## Books I've read that have influenced my thinking:
* a stack of climate-change related books. e.g. here's a few book recommendations from a post i made earlier this year: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10053960 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10053960
* personal finance blogs
Warning: it's probably best not to read a bunch of climate change books if you are in a place in your life where you are prone to depression.
- tonyedgecombe 11y agoClimate change does make for difficult reading, I just finished Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change by George Marshall. It was a fascinating read but pretty grim.
- fasteo 11y agoHonest question: Does any of these books predict any positive change due to climate change ? I can hardly believe that climate change will be a catastrophic event, without any further qualifier. Other than that, your lifestyle change is something that has been on my mind for years now. Kudos for "shipping".
- PerfectElement 11y agoIf you haven't read it yet, I recommend this: http://www.amazon.com/Zeitgeist-Movement-Defined-Realizing-Thought/dp/1495303195/ http://www.amazon.com/Zeitgeist-Movement-Defined-Realizing-T...
- edcastano 11y ago@shoo Have you seen http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/ http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/? Also, message me if you want to collaborate on an environmental advocacy platform. http://writegreen.org/ http://writegreen.org/ Unfortunately, it's not currently working because I need to migrate the app to Cedar 14 on Heroku. I haven't been hacking since 2011 (http://mbahacks.com/ http://mbahacks.com/), so not feeling confident I could successfully migrate myself. Here is the old writegreen site that talks about the idea a bit more: https://writegreen.wordpress.com/problem/ https://writegreen.wordpress.com/problem/ . The Nature Conservancy and NRDC were interested in the tool, but I wasn't able to invest any more time into it at the time (I had a family to feed). Anyhow, I'm looking to get back into trying to make a dent on this topic. Would love to connect with others to collaborate on something. Writegreen, or otherwise. I'd like to leave this world to my children better than I found it. Right now, it's not looking that way. You can message me directly via ed dot castano at gmail.com