{"id":179,"date":"2021-10-14T12:08:11","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T12:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/146help.avbp.net\/?p=179"},"modified":"2021-10-14T12:08:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T12:08:11","slug":"you-might-as-well-start-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/146help.avbp.net\/index.php\/2021\/10\/14\/you-might-as-well-start-now\/","title":{"rendered":"You might as well start now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/howtosavetheworld.ca\/2021\/10\/14\/bad-news\/\">Great quote from Dave Pollard on his blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our human civilization culture, with its 7.8B hostages, is collapsing, ecologically, economically, and, inevitably, to some extent socially as well. We all sense it. The evidence is everywhere. Sooner or later, as collapse takes hold, we are going to have to start to build local communities from the ground up with the people with whom we find ourselves. Some, perhaps most, of those people are going to believe, and believe in, some ludicrous things, things that will horrify and appal you, and you\u2019re not going to talk them out of their beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019re going to have to build a local community that works&nbsp;<em>with<\/em>&nbsp;them. Might as well start now to figure out what you\u2019re going to have to work with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great quote from Dave Pollard on his blog Our human civilization culture, with its 7.8B hostages, is collapsing, ecologically, economically, and, inevitably, to some extent socially as well. We all sense it. The evidence is everywhere. Sooner or later, as collapse takes hold, we are going to have to start to build local communities from the ground up with the people with whom we find ourselves. Some, perhaps most, of those people are going to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reasons-to-146-now"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/146help.avbp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-07-at-7.01.42-AM.png?fit=2370%2C1778&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":233,"url":"https:\/\/146help.avbp.net\/index.php\/2021\/10\/23\/get-to-know-people\/","url_meta":{"origin":179,"position":0},"title":"Ways to get to know people","date":"October 23, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Start from where you are: how close are you with your neighbors? One guy we know, when he moved into a neighbourhood put a load of his home-grown chilis on his drive for people to take. He invited the local facebook group to try them and report back! The situation\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;3. Getting Started: build community&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/146help.avbp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20211001_164601-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9,"url":"https:\/\/146help.avbp.net\/index.php\/2021\/07\/22\/146-manifesto\/","url_meta":{"origin":179,"position":1},"title":"146 Manifesto","date":"July 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"We recognise: 1) People are waking up to the reality of existential climate risk and how all will suffer, but the poorest will suffer the most . The negative impacts to society of economic activities and on biosystems are equally alarming and high priority. 2) People see the sluggishness of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;2. 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She developed design principles to help groups thrive from their common pool resource. 1.Clearly defined boundariesThe\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;2. What are One Planet Clubs?&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":374,"url":"https:\/\/146help.avbp.net\/index.php\/2022\/12\/02\/starting-from-scratch\/","url_meta":{"origin":179,"position":4},"title":"Starting from  scratch","date":"December 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"So you like the idea of setting up a local planet-friendly purchasing group but are unsure where to start? Here is some advice based on experiences from recent workshops in Sweden: Bj\u00f6rk Caf\u00e9, NORA, Sweden, the location of our last workshop. Great coffee and great cakes! Find a partner with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;5a. 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