A city girl's explorations into sustainable living

Recently I found myself unemployed, pondering what I should do with my life next. All the career books say, do what you love. Find your passion. Follow your bliss. As if there is an answer -- a solution that will allow you to make money doing what you were meant to do. Help the world, help yourself, and make money!

For me, it's not so easy. I'm interested in a lot of things, but nothing that I am willing to invest in enough to turn it into a career.

I'm what Barbara Sher calls a "scanner," or what Margaret Lobenstine calls "the Renaissance Soul." At least that's what these self-help books for the career-stunted tell me.

What I tell myself is that I'm a learner. And what I want to learn about right now is sustainable living. I have a feeling it's what I'm supposed to be doing -- even if it doesn't pay. Even if it COSTS money to do.

I am meant to be a student right now, exploring peak oil, the economic crisis, climate change, sustainable agriculture, community building, permaculture, natural capitalism, Transition Towns, rural sociology, and my own spiritual growth. I honestly don't know where it will lead, or what it will amount to, but I invite you to share my journey.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Chris Martenson in Austin, MN

I just found out that Chris Martenson is going to be giving a Crash Course presentation in Austin, MN on Monday, June 28.

I saw Chris Martenson speak the Minnesota Historical Society on June 2, 2010. I had never heard of him before, and I'm so glad I found out about him. His presentation was amazing. It was a whittled down version of his 3 hour Crash Course video, which is available for viewing on his website. The event was an open meeting of the Minnesota Legislative Energy Commission (LEC), but not many elected officials showed up. The politicians were vastly outnumbered by community members -- including people in the Transition Towns movement, local authors, and non-profit leaders (including David Paxson of World Population Balance).

Chris was introduced by Dick Hemmingsen, Director of the Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment at the University of Minnesota. By the way, Dick Hemmingsen is truly a nice guy -- he helped me out with a former research project of mine on wind energy in Minnesota.
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