Monthly Archives: August 2021

Paying Attention to What We Pay Attention To

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Dave Pollard

Thinking more about this astonishing eight word phrase, from Amy Rosenthal via  John Green: Pay attention to what you pay attention to. Over the past decade, I’ve given up thoughts of “improving” myself, what some people call doing the work … Continue reading →

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No More Careers

Posted on August 28, 2021 by Dave Pollard

images by the Noun Project CCBY Gan Khoon Lay and Webtechops LLP It took me my entire working life to realize how unnatural “work” — ie wage slavery, in a relationship of voluntary servitude to others — actually is. Even … Continue reading →

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Flying at Four Hundred Feet

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Dave Pollard

Some shots from the new digs in Coquitlam BC. It’s a little like living in an airplane taxiing very slowly in to land. I’m under the weather, but feeling blessed to have found a place. Inside, the chaos of unpacking … Continue reading →

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Preparing to Welcome Two Billion Refugees

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Dave Pollard

The iconic 2015 photo by Daniet Etter/New York Times/Redux /eyevine of Middle-Eastern refugees weeping for joy at their safe arrival in Europe no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border … Continue reading →

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Well Worn

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Dave Pollard

Of all the aspects of human culture, the one I think I know the least about is our propensity for wearing particular clothes. I can appreciate that when we left our natural habitat a million years ago, we needed some … Continue reading →

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Self-Management: Take Two

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Dave Pollard

estuary, a new artwork by my friend Di  I‘ve written a lot about this subject over the years. It seems to me that, since we can’t know how grim the ongoing collapse of our civilization is going to be, or … Continue reading →

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Links of the Month: August 2021

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Dave Pollard

Indi Samarajiva is a cultural critic/analyst living in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He’s been writing about culture and collapse as long as I have. Last year, in a remarkable series on collapse described in more detail in the section below, he … Continue reading →

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Where Should You Live When TSHTF?

Posted on August 16, 2021 by Dave Pollard

Street in Helsingør (aka “Elsinore” thanks to Shakespeare), Danmark, nominated as one of Europe’s 5 greenest towns of 2021-22. Photo by Grega.nered – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0. Having just moved from one rather precarious place (a small ferry-dependent island) … Continue reading →

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Farewell to Bowen, Part Two: Creating Community

Posted on August 14, 2021 by Dave Pollard

In Part One of this article, I described the global economic forces that have largely defeated Bowen Islanders’ attempts to create a sustainable, livable, long-term home for its diverse, long-term residents. I explained that the only future for the Vancouver … Continue reading →

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Time to Rename British Columbia

Posted on August 3, 2021 by Dave Pollard

image of a raven by Hornby Island artist Glen Rabena A year ago the Tyee ran a column suggesting that the ghastly name of our province — British Columbia, with the double blemish of (a) smacking of brutal colonialism and … Continue reading →

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