 By Shae Hadden | Bio
The
algae bloom on the lagoon where I’m housesitting seems symbolic of the
state I’m in these days. Long-forgotten, half-hidden ideas seem to be
coming to the forefront of my thinking and showing the richness of
their colors and their impact on my life. Like my belief that “fear is
toxic”. A belief that has been stored for years in my body and which
I’m now choosing to let go of. It’s true that fear[ Read More]
Written by eldering at Fearless Aging
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Here is what I call the ‘Eldering Consumer Checklist’ in this new
marketplace. Actually it is a checklist for all consumers—it just comes
more naturally as we get older and start living on a fixed (finite)
income. We can take it with us and ask these questions before we spend
a nickel on anything.[ Read More]
Written by eldering at The Great Turning
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I wrote a post on growth
a while ago about how insane I think it is to believe we can grow
forever—at least in terms of economic growth. I was also reading The World We Want posts
by David Korten that echoed the same sentiments but that go further to
point out that all the breakdowns that are appearing are perhaps the
greatest creative opportunity in history. That got me thinking that
while I think there are limits to economic growth, this is only true in
a finite and deterministic worldview—in a paradigm of scarcity.[ Read More]
Written by eldering at The Great Turning
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I remember having conversations about real estate prices 7 or 8 years
ago, particularly on the West Coast. “How can prices keep rising and
where does all the money come from to buy these properties?” A house I
sold in 1997 resold in 2005 for four times what I sold it for! I am not
an economist, but something didn’t seem right to me about this kind of
never-ending upward spiral. My ex-wife sells homes and told me people
were getting into million dollar properties with little or no down
payment. Even so, I couldn’t afford to buy into most of the residential
areas that I would want to live in. As a result, I lived on a boat
which, while pricey, was a whole lot more affordable than a condo in
the same town where the boat was moored. We’re reading about the bubble bursting, the credit crisis and the
coming recession as if they are news. What did everyone expect?[ Read More]
Written by eldering at The Great Turning
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By David Korten | Great Turning website
Many
of us have been anticipating the day of reckoning for our reckless
human ways for decades. That day has arrived. Peak oil, climate chaos,
financial collapse, and spreading social disintegration are all
consequences of deep cultural and institutional dysfunction. The
imperative to address them presents us with an epic test of our human
intelligence and creativity. When I was a student in business
school my professors always told us "Go for the Big Picture. If you
find a problem, don’t just treat the symptoms. Look up stream to find
and deal with the cause." The big picture of the human confrontation
with the limits of our Mother Earth becomes crystal clear once we step
back and take a look upstream. This big picture has three critical
elements. [ Read More]
Written by eldering at The Great Turning
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By Shae HaddenBio
My sister reminded me last night that it’s gardening season. “The next
three weeks are for planting,” she said. And that was it. For her, the
next three weeks of her work life will be determined by her definition
of this part of the growing season. Purchasing young seedlings,
transplanting older plants, making last minute preparations of the
garden beds, placing vital nutrients around plant roots. Working the
soil and planting things.[ Read More]
Written by eldering at Learning
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