The Revolution (Status Report)

We are making so many in roads so quickly, that trying to speak to the depth and scope of the Revolution (the one that still is not being televised) It is beyond time for us to recognize that In our food systems, our educational affairs, even our entertainment, we are getting less for more, always up charges for items that are controlled by the wealthiest of "investors". because such a large slice of the population was out of work for extended periods, it has led to an off the grid economy in which people are selling goods and services to other people, for cash, without putting tax money into the system, except when their dollars leak out of the local cash economy on goods or services that are on paper, reporting and, we hope, paying their fair share of tax. More and more people are realizing the likelihood and extent to which their dollars are being skimmed off by wealthy foreign (non-local)"investment" schemes.

The Park and ride resources are seeing more and more use, that directly takes money back from the oligarchs. Transit options, like ride shares and delivery services combine trips and drive down consumption of fossil energy resources. If you add electric delivery vehicles into the picture, the energy footprint gets cut by over half again!

More and more people understand the concept of a foodshed and how buying local can reduce ecological consequences of slaking both our thirst and hunger from more local sources. Consuming calories can be done with zero impact, other than destruction of plant material, if we are able to graze. With the awesome resource that is the internet, I was able to guide over 200 readers in one day through an ECO-Tour, exploring what sorts of outreach the Revolution is having around the planet. Our recent posts about biochar alone could be the single most important bit of information for people to have. This ancient technology has been proven with over 2,000 years of efficacy. My trials more than doubled the production from test plots compared to control. Imagine, for a moment. fifty percent less energy spent tilling the soil, if we wanted to keep production the same. We could pull back production from marginal and sensitive areas, capitalizing on acreages that were of quality, and may never again need a crop subsidy.

In addition to an ethos of ecological awareness alive and inspired within the Revolutionaries, is a growing awareness that where we live and what we put in our mouths actually creates a person of substance, a force to be reckoned with, rather than a veal-raised sheep to the slaughter. Even a bite of corporate welfare fraud food carries the burden of planet abuse and neglect. Some see this as pagan, others feel that it is a sort of science-based tough love. The true revolutionaries see through the sham of survival of the fittest, instead realizing that it has always been survival of the luckiest. The most fit specimen could be caught unaware by an errant bullet or inattentive motorist, Perhaps luck is nothing more than being in touch with the long game of Mother Earth and her creatures.

This brings me back to the essential motivation of these Revolutionaries. I know many hundreds, so I can speak as someone who is fairly well educated on or about them. Pacifism is but one of the essential qualities. We are here in the name of making the planet safe for all people, in fact, not just all people, but every organism, safe. The waters, safe, air, safe, soils free of toxic chemical onslaught. The non-violence movement has long been at the heart of the revolution that is not being televised, simply, because it allows the status quo to paint them as ideologically naive. In fact, it is the exact opposite. The most pragmatic point of view is that the best outcomes will always be had by building, not destroying life. Creation rather than destruction.

Many of the early attempts at living sustainably were either mismanaged or misunderstood. Now, thirty years later, they are taking shape in every corner of America as well as beyond. Just the other day I was able to teach a Ugandan farmer how to utilize biochar, in turn this will unleash his possibilities for feeding more with the same amount of work, or gaining the leisure to spend half his time doing something else for his community. there will be no dollars exchanged between us, for I did not ask, only that he pay forward the revolutionary benefits that are unleashed by his increased production. Those who would rather pay, I have ways for them to support this work. there has been a maturation of the old Hippie Communes and now, travelers have hundreds of intentional communities to choose from, scattered around the U. S. and the world.

Home schooling is often spoken of with reference to the numbers of people choosing to keep their children out of state run schools because of religious concerns. The vast majority that I have known were pagans, who wanted to just do a better job than the schools could, not trump up some sort of religiously based curriculum. sure, there are some X-tian whackos that are home schooling to avoid the state possibly mentioning anything "questionable", but for many, it is just good people, trying to do the best by their children. Home birth, much the same. Both of these have had incipient growth for decades and are poised to take over resulting in amazing benefits! more revolution for those who can handle it is the step from hospital birth to home birth. cheaper, safer, healthier children. Today, "news" broke that letting the cord blood flow to babies for as little as a few minutes noticeably increased development years later. In the home birth community, letting the cord stop pulsing, at least, before cutting the umbilical cord is well-known, and more or less ritualized. There are even legions of people who advocate and practice not cutting the cord at all, letting the baby take the lead in the release of the umbus.

The microcosmic education that many are learning about their intestinal flora, coupled with increased knowledge about power and control issues lead energy right back to the revolutionary principle of non-violence as well. Health and welfare, coupled with optimized development allow us to transform planetary populations, all we need to exhibit is the will to do what we all know needs doing. as we heal ourselves, one of the first changes that takes place is that we realize how blessed we have been and seek to share our good fortune with others. This is the basis of everything from consensus decision-making to investing with long term strategies in mind rather than short term gains.

A sense of desperation is spreading through populations that have not yet heard of the revolution, or that are decrepit, and unwilling to change. The writing on the wall tells us that the time for change has come, but not the change that comes down from above, but rather the grass roots, nourishing new approaches and new outcomes.

It is important to note, the human rights issues that are beginning to be dominated by police homicides are part of the revolution. The leaders need to take advance actions to explicitly state, "Beware agents provocateur!" The powerful overlords are adept at trying to make violence look like a tool in the "Leftists" arsenal. Our arsenal is fully stocked with LOVE! The one requirement of the Revolutionaries, it that you love as aggressively as the haters hate, as aggressively as the warmongers stir up their deceitful atrocities, we have to put the same amount of energy, passion and conviction that old way thinkers put into their world view.

Make sure to tell your friends and neighbors! We truly love all people and want them all to be healthier, safe and strong. This will require further transformation of health care, integrating herbalists and naturopaths, more home birth, lots more home schooling, especially about food, flex time from our jobs, in-house childcare and better food and water in our lunchrooms. What Tesla is doing for transportation could take place in lighting, solar/wind generation and electric motor technology, but for the ability of the military industrial complex to secure themselves from competition through making some patents classified, or "secure".