| ## Things I've been doing this year that's a change from last year: * switched jobs from full time permanent to better paying less interesting contract work * moved house to reduce expenses * growing vegetables * donating to crowd sourced environmental lobbying campaigns, attending the odd climate change rally ## Thinking that's influenced these actions + our civilisation is geared towards pursuing economic growth, that was a reasonable idea in earlier times, but is now an arguably terrible one, as we near/exceed planetary environmental boundaries. changing reality, old thinking. our goals are wrong. + if i learn to be more self sufficient and live modestly i can retire in a few years, and will be more resilient against things going amiss with the economy / society. ## Books I've read that have influenced my thinking: * a stack of climate-change related books. e.g. here's a few book recommendations from a post i made earlier this year: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10053960 * personal finance blogs Warning: it's probably best not to read a bunch of climate change books if you are in a place in your life where you are prone to depression. |
Anyhow, I'm looking to get back into trying to make a dent on this topic. Would love to connect with others to collaborate on something. Writegreen, or otherwise. I'd like to leave this world to my children better than I found it. Right now, it's not looking that way. You can message me directly via ed dot castano at gmail.com