Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

jwirr

(39,215 posts) Wed Mar 11, 2015, 01:12 PM Mar 2015

"Yes" Spring 2015 has an excellent article by Wendell Berry called "Revolution Starts Small and

Close to Home".

He argues that we need to stop planning for the future and start working to change what we can at the local level in order to change the future.

For instance stop destroying the land in order to continue our fossil fuel addiction.

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"Yes" Spring 2015 has an excellent article by Wendell Berry called "Revolution Starts Small and (Original Post) jwirr Mar 2015 OP

He is not a heralded as he should be. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 #1

I agree. I read him for the first time in the 60s and have tried to keep up. He has a very basic way jwirr Mar 2015 #2

I have always thought local when I could. Curmudgeoness Mar 2015 #3

This is exactly what the article talks about. Government programs often are hard to impliment and jwirr Mar 2015 #4

I rarely see change that does not start local. nt Curmudgeoness Mar 2015 #5

i dont understand dennisdavid Aug 2015 #6

A good way to understand is to read his books and I encourage that. But in short this author has jwirr Aug 2015 #7

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

1. He is not a heralded as he should be.

Reply to jwirr (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2015, 02:31 PM

Mar 2015

With little fanfare, Barry has been speaking and writing his beliefs for years now.
and I agree with him about grass roots involvement.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

2. I agree. I read him for the first time in the 60s and have tried to keep up. He has a very basic way

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 11, 2015, 02:45 PM

Mar 2015

of viewing the issues.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

3. I have always thought local when I could.

Reply to jwirr (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2015, 03:07 PM

Mar 2015

It has been a wonderful thing for me to see this line of thinking get more traction, since the more people who lean in this direction, the more local, small businesses are available for me to use.

Also, local politics is vital, since it makes more direct influence on me. And the "buy local" from farmers movement has opened the markets for our local farmers. You have to love thinking local, small, and simplifying your life.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

4. This is exactly what the article talks about. Government programs often are hard to impliment and

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 11, 2015, 03:22 PM

Mar 2015

even to not work because they always leave the action for the future. It is local action that brings about change NOW.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

5. I rarely see change that does not start local. nt

Reply to jwirr (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 11, 2015, 03:28 PM

Mar 2015

dennisdavid

(12 posts)

6. i dont understand

Reply to jwirr (Original post)

Fri Aug 14, 2015, 07:41 AM

Aug 2015

i dont understand

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

7. A good way to understand is to read his books and I encourage that. But in short this author has

Reply to dennisdavid (Reply #6)

Fri Aug 14, 2015, 10:56 AM

Aug 2015

been dealing with the big problems such a pollution and economic crisis for years by encouraging change from the bottom up.

In example in the first book I read he was talking about harmful farming method. I was very surprised to see many farmers trying to do exactly what he said many years later. Of course there are some issues that cannot be dealt with locally but even that law has to be implemented to succeed.

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