I've lived according to a philosophy of 'décroissance', or 'de-growth', for many years now. It might have started with my childhood interest in homesteading- like “Little House on the Prairie”. To me, those resourceful, ingenious people learned how to live completely autonomously, growing their own food, making their own tools and clothes, building their own houses. As I got older, I realised the utter madness of infinite economic growth on a finite planet. I started going to meetings called 'Café Décroissance', which had conferences, films, and discussions on economic de-growth, and I was convinced. I tried to bring the concept of de-growth to every aspect of my life, which includes using my bike as transportation, eating no meat, buying as little as I can, and building my own off-grid Tiny House using natural and recycled materials. But now, after several years, I've come to a point of crisis. I feel like I'm doing everything I pos
Foraged apple and hazelnut muesli You have all heard of 'hunters' and 'gatherers'. It's often used to describe pre-agricultural societies- people who lived off the land. The hunters would head out with their bows and arrows and spears or whatever and try to catch some game. The gatherers would comb the woods for plants, fruit, and nuts. Lately I've been thinking that we still fit in these archetypes. Hunters intersperse long periods of waiting with short periods of intense activity. Gatherers have a continuous low activity level. If you're a modern 'hunter' you would, for example: -reflect for a long time on a project for work, then pull everything off in one all-nighter -prefer sports such as climbing, tennis, or martial arts -eat large meals, but less often -might think of life as a series of big important events with some in-between time If you're a modern 'gatherer' you would: -complete tasks at work by breaking them down into multip