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by spodek 7y ago
Reading the Do The Math blog https://dothemath.ucsd.edu https://dothemath.ucsd.edu and Low Tech Magazine http://lowtechmagazine.com http://lowtechmagazine.com, the obvious starting point is to consume drastically less.
My experience tells me that reducing consumption from the average American amounts by 50% to 90% is hard for the first 5% because you have to learn new ways of doing things, but then improves quality of life for the next 45% to 85%.
A negligible fraction of Americans have looked past that first 5%, let alone acted on it, but those who have keep finding more ways to improve their lives by reducing more.
- agumonkey 7y agoNot American but I'm slightly moving toward less car. Walking takes time, but it's a systemic relationship, not a linear one. I wake up earlier: walk or jog twice a day. It's quite relaxing if you have a park nearby, you breath better air, eat less, sleep better, and do more. comical bonus point: saving the gym membership money. We should invent an hybrid of modern and vintage. Go back to a lot of crafting (because it is ultra satisfying for your body and mind to have such skills), just no to primitivetechnology levels (not that I have anything against it personally). Keep a bit of modern but do more ourselves and in groups.