Sustainable Living Skills You Need to Survive
It might not seem so serious to the average consumer in the First World, but the future of the world as we know hangs in the balance. The media is full of bad news that can make changing things for the better seem hopeless, but there are simple and radical things you can do to reduce your impact and set an example for others. It's not just a choice, our survival depends on it.
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35 Years Ago I Thought Our Economy Would Collapse Within 20 Years | Why Hasn’t It?
During my college years learning about environmental problems it seemed unlikely our economy would survive another 20 years given predictions about environmental problems like climate change and the fact that we were dependent on finite fossil fuels that were predicted to decline within a short time. 20 years have come and gone and Americans live pretty much as they always have, consuming vast amounts of resources and gasoline, excepting the recent spike in price because of trumps failed war on Iran, is cheaper than it’s ever been. So why didn’t collapse happen?
This is testimony from someone who knew about all the problems decades ago, predicted collapse, and has watched the decades fly by without a sliver of sacrifice being required of the American public. And the American public seems more oblivious of the problems than ever.
But the problems have progressed much as predicted. Despite a massive increase in climate change denial, climate change has gotten worse and the real affects are now something not even the rich can avoid, seeing as wildfires and supercharged hurricanes are wiping out their 2nd, 3rd, and 4th homes. I guess climate change doesn’t really care if people believe in it or not. So though they haven’t changed their lifestyles, the lives of Americans have been forever changed by the effects of climate change.
Do US Farmers Really Feed Us? No, They Don’t
In the US, we’re always told to feel bad for the “farmers” in our country when trump tariffs affect them, or the weather ruins their crops, or to get support for subsidies to bail them out when the weather or economic realities affect them. We’re told they feed us the food we eat. We’re told we’d starve if not for them.
But is this a realistic assessment of what most farmers provide our economy? In reality, most farmers in the US grow two crops, corn and soybeans, and I don’t know about you but I don’t eat any of the corn or soybeans they grow.
In this video, we’ll explore the true story of the role of farmers in our economy and how they impact the environment, our health, and our food system.
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I Didn’t Need To Buy Produce this Year | Season of Abundance
This is another garden progress video from last year’s abundant harvest.
#homesteading #selfsufficiency #organicgardening
Growing Grapes AND Staple Crops in a Regenerative Vineyard
Continuing my seasonal updates on the progress of my vineyard experiment with staple crops planted between rows of grapes in my regenerative vineyard. In this video I talk about the impact of heavy and consistent rains on the grapes, and on the intercropping I’ve done between the rows of grapes. Imagine growing not only grapes, but squash, melons, and staple crops like dry beans in one space.
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Intercropping Staple Crops in a Vineyard! Does it Work?
Last season a major goal of mine was to plant more staple crops for food. In past years, I’ve intercropped vegetables in my vineyard, but this time I decided to try dry beans, since they are a great staple, they’re easy to grow in large amounts, and they can be low growing, which is important to maintaining good air flow in the vineyard. Some of my upcoming videos are going to be showing you how this experiment went in the vineyard.
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Homesteading in a Tiny House | More Produce in Less Space
One of the big challenges to living in a tiny house and wanting to homestead is the limited storage space for your produce. You have to move your harvest through your tiny space and find room for it during peak harvest times. This usually means your home is a constant staging area for processing your harvest. My home is no different.
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