[Pil-pc-oceania] Small and Slow Solutions Doctrine

[adam at energybulletin.net]

that's a worthwhile point.  actually many of holmgren's principles aren't
absolutes, (eg. integrate rather than segregate -- in many circumstances it
makes sense to segregate elements) and that's a point explicitly made in
principles and pathways in many chapters.  the principles are chosen to
address the current cultural imbalances, (eg. the tendency of reductionist
science and high energy society to segregate elements) and highlight the
alternative approaches which better suit an era of descent.  so i think
we're all in agreement there.  i don't think we're lacking in understanding
of global problems and solutions though! sheesh, i think many of us focus
too much there, it can be paralysing.
a


On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:37 AM, nicholas at themediasociety.org <
nicholas at themediasociety.org> wrote:

>
> I'm all for 'small and slow solutions' that synergise to create 'global
> and rapid solutions' .
>
> We all know the Paul Kelly song..
> it was played at APC9 during the Mollison tribute, 'from little thngs, big
> things grow'
> http://unionsong.com/u036.html
>
> I am concerned that 'small and slow solutions' could become a piece of
> doctrine that insulates one from the reality of 'global and rapid problems'
>
> here's another one from Einstein "everything should be made as simple as
> possible, but not simpler".
>
> Perhaps we should extend that to 'everything should be made as slow, small
> and simple as possible, but not so that it is a reductionist
> reationalisation for not tackling the large, rapid and complex nature of the
> problem"
>
> personally, all my 'slow and small solutions' are working towards 'rapid
> and global solutions' to 'accelerating global problems.
>
> accelerating climate change ?
> ice-caps melting ?
> nuclear proliferation ?
> widening gap be rich and poor ?
> energy security ?
> etc etc etc
>
> From George Monbiot's "Sudden Change of State"
>
> The IPCC predicts that sea levels could rise by as much as 59cm this
> century(2). Hansen's paper argues that the slow melting of ice sheets the
> panel expects doesn't fit the data. The geological record suggests that ice
> at the poles does not melt in a gradual and linear fashion, but flips
> suddenly from one state to another. When temperatures increased to 2-3
> degrees above today's level 3.5 million years ago, sea levels rose not by 59
> centimetres but by 25 metres. The ice responded immediately to changes in
> temperature(3).
>
> http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2007/07/03/a-sudden-change-of-state/
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hansen#Fast-feedback_effects
>
> http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hJFKUs07Gv2gFRI9O9xArvj6tkyg
>
>
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