permaculture

[<dwoodard@becon.org>]

This guy sounds a little warped but very useful (which brings back 
memories):

http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/79854-the-post-apocalypse-survival-machine-nerd-farm

I'd say a lot of high technology is stuff we need to learn to do
without (or more exactly learn not to need), but his approach is
interesting.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada