Michael Reynolds
As a citizen of the earth...
I fully have the right...
to harvest water from the sky
to grow my own food in my own home
to harvest energy from the sun and the wind
to contain and reuse my own waste on my own land
to make my shelter comfortable without the use of fossil fuels
and to harvest what others throw away to construct my own home
I am willing to die to defend these rights and to spread the knowledge of how to
achieve them to others.
If six billion other people said this as well...
we would transcend the corporations, the governments, and the federal reserve bank.
We, the people, would always survive.
michael reynolds
From now until eternity
Every decision made on this planet
By any jurisdiction
Anywhere
Should be made
With all the peoples
And all the animals
And all the plants
In mind
Michael Reynolds
by Michael Reynolds
WHY IT IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT FOR HUMANITY TO EVOLVE SIGNIFICANTLY ENOUGH TO SURVIVE A CHANGING PLANET
Bergen Architectural School - BAS - Bergen, Norway - December 7, 2008
We (Earthship Biotecture) were asked to help establish a force to retro fit the old nine story concrete agricultural grain silo building, home of the architectural school in Bergen, Norway. Our objectives were as follows...
"THE DANGERS OF ALLOWING THE PURSUIT OF SOMEWHAT IMPERFECT SUSTAINABLE CARBON ZERO HOUSING AS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN CERTAIN 'POCKETS OF FREEDOM' THROUGHOUT THE LANDS ARE NOT NEARLY AS GREAT AS THE DANGER OF NOT PURSUING IT AT ALL."
- Michael Reynolds
Earthship Biotecture
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I just read this executive order copy from the governor of california, Arnold Schwarzenegger about Sea Levels rising, etc.
It is not out of the question that this method be used to move forward in todays world. It is clear that nothing tangible will happen here in Copenhagen between all the countries to effect climate ...change.
If all the soldiers
in all the armies
in all the world
When a municipality invests tax revenues into a centralized utility system such as a water facility, a sewage treatment plant or a power plant; they employ the latest technology of the time and spend millions of dollars to design and build the facility.
In addition to the great expense, the process of manifesting a centralized utility takes several years. Due to the great expense of both time and money, this facility will have to serve for at least fifty years. This means that, even though new technology may arrive on the scene, they are locked into the facility they have built for fifty years. This places a fifty year time increment on feedback, knowledge, reconstruction and resulting evolution.
Here in the early part of the twenty first century we find ourselves trying to react appropriately to the changing climate of the earth. We attribute part of this changing climate to the activities of humans, specifically relating to the CO2 emissions from these human activities. We have also observed that these changes are happening faster than we expected from previous observations and that between 30% and 50% of the CO2 emissions are directly related to and coming from buildings. There is, in fact, at this point, a certain urgency relative to just how and when we react.