The level of greed and ignorance in this country and around the world is really pissing me off. I have friends from all over the world in different countries, all different ethnicities and cultures, and backgrounds. Most of us see what's going on in the USA and abroad and are sickened by the level of greed and ignorance that plagues our world. We know what's possible, if only we would WORK TOGETHER for the greater good while also helping individuals with their daily lives through outreach, charity, philanthropy, education, etc. Basically we believe in altruism. We believe in humanity first. [READ MORE]

Saying you’re not biased is an unintentional lie because it’s the same as saying you have no opinion and that you don’t believe in anything. Everyone is biased in some way or another. There’s good bias and bad bias, and here’s the kicker, it’s all relative. It’s relative to the person the situation, the experience, culture, societal norms, morals, ethics, and the time or age. There’s generational bias, and biased bias. In other words, you’re the bad guy in someone else’s story. Perspective is everything. Perspective makes bias relative. So if you say you have an open mind, that’s only [READ MORE]

Capitalism hates abundance, so it lies and creates artificial scarcity to control supply to increase demand so they can boost profits. Planned obsolescence; it's when your product breaks, you need a new one. Limited production and carefully controlled manufacturing deliberately hinders supply to create artificial scarcity and therefore increased demand. The result is higher profit for the super rich who control the means of production. This is why capitalists hate socialism and communism. They control the money and manufacturing. They will NEVER willingly give control to the people. Welcome to the long con. You have been conned. The "free market" [READ MORE]

For over 10 years I have researched, studied, written about, and made a living in the sustainable living market. It started with an idea to live off the grid. Then I launched a very successful off grid blog. I made a very good living writing about off grid living, renewable energy, sustainable building and modern sustainable agriculture. The idea for off grid living was simple independence and sustainability. This idea evolved into an idea for an off grid community and that in turn evolved into an idea for an off grid campground and RV park for sustainable minded folks who [READ MORE]

I love the idea of "open source" and public domain. It's all about collaboration, cooperation, crowdsourcing and crowdcoursing. Crowdfunding. Collective humanity. The power in numbers. Economies of scale. Exponential growth curve. Etc. It works. But it's very slow. Loosely organized. Inefficient. It could move faster. But, people, humans in general, are typically lazy and work slower unless they're motivated and incentivized to work faster. Open source is awesome! I love open source. It's not just about building things, it's about building better things together. But, again, it's inefficient and slow. Like trying to herd cats it's very loosely organized. There [READ MORE]

Many times in life you come to a crossroad. A time and place to reflect, consider, and decide. Many of these crossroads have multiple directions, and are not simple this way or that way binary choices. Sometimes the path you take is one way, and there's no going back. Other times you might luck out and be able to go back to the crossroad and take a different path. Regardless, the path to happiness is one with many choices. Happiness is a choice, or a result of choices and careful reflection. We can only live each day on its own [READ MORE]