Can You Survive On $20NZD Per Week?

Here is the first of my case studies of people, their gardens and their dependence on food procurement systems. I have decided to adopt a one page format and focus on the main issues that the particular case illustrates.

In this study Jeremy has taken a rather frugal approach as you can read in this.

CHROMATIC SCALING - 1

The words - meltdown, collapse, tsunami, bubble burst, train wreck have appeared in news items across the world in connection with financial markets.

Those who don't live in a fabricated reality of denial understand that systems that we depend on are not only suffering stress, but are being deformed. What follows is an essay on the subject of system collapse and the ways we might be able to get a rough fix on the state of things. This is presented in 7 pages.

CHROMATIC SCALING - 2

CHROMATIC SCALING - 3

CHROMATIC SCALING - 4

CHROMATIC SCALING - 5

CHROMATIC SCALING - 6

CHROMATIC SCALING - 7

An example of a Chromatic Scale below:
http://comingculturalrevolution.blogspot.com/2008/02/state-of-nz-february.html

This will be updated over the coming months.

The Coming Cultural Revolution

For those interested in the stream of ideas generated by the prospect of a resource depleted future, I have created a blog called "The Coming Cultural Revolution".

I hope to explore the following:

- Lifestyle Trends
- Peak Oil
- Transition Towns
- Permaculture
- Energy use
- Environmentally Sustainable Design
- Sustainable Faith

Xxancroft blog will remain as a general posting point

BUSINESS AS USUAL

The phrase "business as usual" is often invoked by those with vested interests who stand to lose a service, patronage or facility. The phrase is intended to calm the worries of those who see difficulties ahead. "Business as usual" is often a give away that it is anything but as usual. As well as being a give away the phrase is an unintentional antagonym - a phrase that means the opposite of what it says.

Here is the main entrance to a supermarket undergoing re-modelling. Each sign bears the slogan "Business as usual" to remind shoppers that they can still carry out shopping. Supermarkets are loathe to shut down for building alterations because they risk losing customers to other stores. Building alterations are anything but business as usual for the store managers but with careful planning it is often found that trading actually increases during alteration work.

Alterations in continuously occupied public spaces are also a major head-ache for builders who must take responsibility for the health & safety of members of the public. For builders this means managing work during night periods, erecting safety barriers and creating the endless paper-trails that demonstrate the processes put in place.