The truth is that the pace of change is quite slow

Aside from proclamations, not all that much will come of the COP26 conference. Aside from exaggerations, not all so much will change in the wake of the Biden “social, environmental, and infrastructure transformation” pieces of legislation.

The Altair Ecovillage project in Kimberton, PA was hoping to finally get zoning authorization from the township council this week, but no decision was made, so they are still on hold. They’ve been trying for over twenty years to get an ecovillage built. I assume they’ll eventually succeed, but, meanwhile, it’s the only active project in the entire New York to Philadelphia metropolitan area.

Transformational change is on the agenda of human civilization in our time. It is necessary. Some of it will be volitional. Most of it will be forced on us. It will have social, economic, political, technological, cultural, and even spiritual dimensions.

These days tech can change pretty quickly, but usually to the benefit of the toxic dynamic of The System and its elites. Culture and lifeways transition very slowly. And they are the key.

Amidst a grinding collapse I foresee ecovillages established as lifeboats; manifesting as rural agricultural settlements, suburban Transition Towns, and urban retrofits, they will model the direction things must go in. Then networks of ecovillages can become the basis for a new bioregional organization of society. The realization of this vision will take many, many generations.