http://www.thevenusproject.com/

As far as I can tell, we are approaching a massive global crisis on every level. The existing power structures and systems are going to collapse in on themselves, and we can let everything go to shit and endure terrible hardship, scarcity and probably a fascistic police state.

Or we can figure out a new way to live. This isn’t the be-all-end-all ANSWER but it is one hell of an idea. Perhaps combined with methods like those of Permaculture and Earthship technology, the Venus Project and its core idea of a “resource-based economy” is the best alternative I have ever seen. I’m generally skeptical of technological solutions, too. Of course, this would also require a massive cultural shift to bring into reality. But the crisis we are approaching could provide the push we need to make a better world together.

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