I consider No and Low Tech Magazine among the best sites on the web. He's living by different values than mainstream. He loves technology and he loves sustainab

I consider No and Low Tech Magazine among the best sites on the web. He's living by different values than mainstream. He loves technology and he loves sustainability. For many those loves conflict. They keep seeing attempts to make things more efficient lead to more pollution. They don't think in systems. His values are more in line with history, particularly before the industrial revolution. He finds out and shares how people did things without burning fossil fuels that we can learn from. The site has changed my life. One example: his articles on how power grids become insecure and expensive with higher uptimes, making using just renewables harder https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2018/12/keeping-some-of-the-lights-on-redefining-energy-security.html https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2018/12/keeping-some-of-the-..., combined with an article on fermentation in Vietnam https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2017/02/vietnams-low-tech-fermentation-food-system-takes-advantage-of-decay.html https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2017/02/vietnams-low-tech-fe... led me to try unplugging my fridge. Using my windowsill for cold and fermenting, my first try two winters ago, I made it three months. My next try, last winter, I started earlier and made it 6.5 months. My food was as delicious as ever and my electric charges dropped to under $2.00 per month. More importantly, I live more resiliently. If more people lived this way, large parts of the country could go with just renewables, barely any batteries, no peaker plants, no nuclear, more health, longevity, prosperity, stability, energy security. With that little energy use, I'm going to try taking my apartment off the electric grid for a few months this winter. That's living in Manhattan. I'll also start earlier as I developed more skills to store and ferment without a fridge, so starting in October or maybe September, I figure I can go 8 or 9 months without a fridge -- that is, living resiliently. To clarify, my power reduction is a side point. Divided by 7.9 billion it's a rounding error. It's the value shift from dependence to independence, from relying on burning fossil fuels to learning from my neighbors, family, and ancestors. The cause of our environmental problems isn't CO2 and plastics. They result from our behaviors, which result from our culture. He comes from a culture that doesn't cause these problems, or at least orders of magnitude less. Such solutions are practical, affordable, immediately doable and most available to those with the least resources. His philosophy focuses on improving human life, community, and Earth's ability to sustain life.