BIKE: Kunstler on the future

[elizabeth gray]

>The successful regions in the twenty-first century will be the ones
>surrounded by viable farming hinterlands that can reconstitute locally
>sustainable economies on an armature of civic cohesion.

The April edition of Harper’s magazine has a fascinating article about 
Cuba’s sustainability progress in the years since the Soviet Union stopped 
sending them grain for their cows, and gasoline and parts for their 
tractors.  They were forced to go organic and non-mechanical in a big way, 
leveraging the highly educated population to figure out how to do it in the 
most efficient and effective way.  Supposedly average caloric intake dropped 
immediately after the fall by about one third, and they are now back to 
previous caloric levels.

Elizabeth Gray
egray88
974-4150 work
476-1861 home