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2100 OR BUST
A Prospectus for an Intentional Community
[Working title only] “
BY 2100, JAMES LOVELOCK BELIEVES, THE EARTH’S POPULATION WILL BE CULLED FROM TODAY’S 6.6 BILLION TO AS FEW AS 500 MILLION, WITH MOST OF THE SURVIVORS LIVING IN THE FAR LATITUDES –
CANADA
, ICELAND, SCANDINAVIA, THE ARCTIC BASIN.
”
By Peter Light
[Work in progress]
DEDICATION
I dedicate this book to my mother, Nina Lois Alcock, who loved and nourished me sowell; to my grandmother, Edith Alma Zinkan, who enfolded me in arms of peace andlove; to my father, Gunter Walter Light, who also instilled in me a social conscience; tomy uncle, Norman Z. Alcock, who showed me the scientific mind; and to my god-uncle,Ebe Koeppen, compassionate philosopher-farmer, who thought deeply all the time andasked me questions. All of them are deceased, but still live within these writings and me.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
2I would like to thank Nico Mueller for helping me with the list of topics; Bill Fedoriuk for telling me to “just start” and being there to make a promise to; and Nico, John Paulin,Bob Tenney aka Mr. Phenney aka Bob Loblaw, Joe Dougherty, Michael Gabriel and, particularly, Bill and Wichampi, for going over the manuscript and making valuablesuggestions. Thanks to my daughter, River Light, for helping me with Microsoft Word. Iwould also like to express my deep appreciation to Brad, whose Autocad expertise made possible the new version of the drawing of the Permaculture Mandala.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS .....................................................................................................2PROLOGUE ........................................................................................................................4FOREWORD .......................................................................................................................8PREFACE ............................................................................................................................9INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................14WHY COMMUNITY? ......................................................................................................31THE COMMUNITY DESIGN ..........................................................................................33CREATING A COMMON VISION ..................................................................................52PRIVACY AND COMMUNALISM: STRIKING THE BALANCE ...............................54BUILDING MATERIALS ...............................................................................................56PERMACULTURE ...........................................................................................................58COMMUNITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY ...................................................................63ENERGY ...........................................................................................................................66TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY .........................................................................................70WORK ...............................................................................................................................75TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION ............................................................82THE SIX "R'S" – REJECT, REDUCE, REUSE, REPAIR, RECYCLE, RECLAIM .......85FACTS, STUDY, SCHOLARSHIP, KNOWLEDGE, BELIEF AND TRUTH ................89SCRIBES ...........................................................................................................................92THE ARTS .........................................................................................................................93SEXUAL MORES .............................................................................................................94BIRTHING CENTER ........................................................................................................96CHILDREARING AND EDUCATION ............................................................................97 NEW AGE OLD AGE HOME ........................................................................................107DEATH AND DYING .....................................................................................................108HEALTH – Diet ...............................................................................................................111HEALTH – Exercise ........................................................................................................119HEALTH – Stress ............................................................................................................120HEALTH – The Environment ..........................................................................................121HEALTH – Western .........................................................................................................122HEALTH – Alternative ....................................................................................................124HEALTH – Emergencies .................................................................................................125PSYCHOTROPIC PLANTS ...........................................................................................126
3ANIMALS – Pets ............................................................................................................129ANIMALS – Domestic ....................................................................................................131ANIMALS – Hunting ......................................................................................................140ANIMALS – Pests ...........................................................................................................141ECONOMICS – Voluntary Simplicity ............................................................................142ECONOMICS – Startup Financing .................................................................................145ECONOMICS – Ongoing Income Generation ................................................................147ECONOMICS – Income Sharing ....................................................................................148PROCESS – Shortcuts to Consensus ...............................................................................156PROCESS – Conflict - Introduction ................................................................................163PROCESS – Conflict Resolution - Intervention Hierarchy .............................................165PROCESS – Decision-making ........................................................................................167PROCESS – Leadership and Facilitation ........................................................................172PROCESS – The four-part I message ..............................................................................175PROCESS – The Talking Stick ........................................................................................176PROCESS – The "Withhold Game" ................................................................................177PROCESS – Self-Improvement and Therapeutic Intervention .......................................179PROCESS – Proposal For Achieving Consensus On A Prioritized Ten-Year Things-To-Do List ...................................................................................................................................181PROCESS – Towards an Alternative Justice System ......................................................182PROCESS – Getting In, Getting Out ...............................................................................184SPIRITUALITY – Introduction .......................................................................................187SPIRITUALITY – Evolving Group Practices .................................................................191SPIRITUALITY – Morals and Ethics .............................................................................193SPIRITUALITY – Meditation Retreat Hut ....................................................................197MESSAGES FROM THE MENNONITES ....................................................................197THE OUTSIDE WORLD – Good Community Relations ...............................................203THE OUTSIDE WORLD – Hiding and Protecting Ourselves........................................204THE OUTSIDE WORLD – Nonviolent Defense ............................................................206THE OUTSIDE WORLD – Political Activism ...............................................................208GOVERNMENT AND LAW – GENERAL COMMENTS ............................................211GOVERNMENT AND LAW – Group Legal Definitions – The Choices .......................213GOVERNMENT AND LAW – Laws and Bylaw ...........................................................223PERSONAL DISCLOSURES, EXTREMISM AND ROLE CONSIDERATIONS .......228FLIES AND SNAKES: DEFLECTING DYSTOPIA ....................................................236BLOCKS INTO CIRCLES: AN URBAN FANTASY ...................................................247EPILOGUE ......................................................................................................................247LISTS ...............................................................................................................................264SKILLS NEEDED ...........................................................................................................264SUPPLIES NEEDED ......................................................................................................268FIRST STEPS – GETTING FROM HERE TO THERE .................................................268AFOREWARD ................................................................................................................273IN MEMORIAM ............................................................................................................273INDEX .............................................................................................................................273
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