Craft production
The following is Part Two of an excerpt from Michael Lockhart’s upcoming book called Wise First, Clever Second which is about post-industrial design and production. The …
Sustainabilism
Post-industrial production
The following is Part One of an excerpt from Michael Lockhart’s upcoming book called Wise First, Clever Second which is about post-industrial design and …
A machine for living in, not
A critique of the mechanistic world view I wrote recently about the idea of a house being considered a home or an asset, now …
Avoid the rat race
The proverbial rat race is all too real for many people in affluent societies. Dictionary.com defines rat race as “…especially a pressured urban working …
Solution seekers
Over fifteen years ago I wrote this article that asked the question ‘are you a solution seeker? or in other words ‘do you want …
Learning Home Economics
In recent decades the practical study of Home Economics at school has slowly been sidelined. We live in a society which encourages people to …
Gullibility and sustainability
Gullibility and sustainability are connected. We live in a world where we are over-saturated with information and choice. There are a plethora of news …
Buy Nothing Day
November 26 (or 27, depending on where you are) is ‘Buy Nothing Day!’ Buy Nothing Day is the day after Thanksgiving, which is now …
Ivan Illich and conviviality
Conviviality is a term used by the social critic, Ivan Illich (1926 – 2002) to describe what is essentially the opposite of industrialism. Illich …
How to be sustainable
Sustainability in 3 steps I am often told that sustainability is too hard but I truly believe that to be sustainable is much easier …