Living in the Future 03

Tinkers Bubble is an eco community in Somerset, England. What is so special about the way they live?
http://www.livinginthefuture.org

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[gusto68]

If I only had the land to do it... Keep it up guys, nice work!

[yaahme]

It's a Hippy hangout!

[withindarkness]

"revert to a type of civilization we have left behind."

Totally wrong way to think about this. If you truly must think in terms of 'forward/backward' or 'ahead/behind' (which I view as myths), then I would say this is a move 'forward', not 'backward', regardless of it's superficial appearance (ie: its not some high tech, sci-fi influenced vision of the future).

Sometimes I see it as coming full circle with a new understanding. It looks the same as the 'old days' but it is also very different.

[TEDOVSKY]

I visited tinkers in 1997. The people were kind, genuine and hard-working. It's hard tho getting up early in the winters n getting kids ready for school etc. Great in the summer, but the cold can be a bitch if one is used to one's city central-heating etc.

[OozeSlimeJelly]

@TranshumanCyborg Wouldn't industrial farmers want to keep making money off the land? Wouldn't they want to discover better farming techniques to be able to preserve the land so they can make more money and help the environment? Is it wrong that I kinda enjoy the rantings of all our internet "Prophets of Doom"? Where's the proof?........I want something beyond just speculation. Ask yourself, would this "evidence" stand in court? If so, then get up off your chair and really do something!

[OozeSlimeJelly]

@green4ny Yes, everything you just stated is pure madness. The sad part is is that you will never admit otherwise even if you actually agree(to some extent). By all means live however you want; just don't try and force others to do it as well.  To deny the greatness of the many achievements of mankind is just sad. To claim that there is no hope for mankind unless we revert to a type of civilization we have left behind is radical. Also, Who cares if we mine other planets!? The aliens!!? lol!

[TheNeKrOlAs]

these people know how beautiful life is and their way of life ... here we can see that we can live without the money and be happy

[GuyRWood]

I think it was people here farting that caused the Japanese earthquake!

[StealaMaDrizzle89]

i live in the future because i got a stick that glows.....

[blake1889]

The ability to live with technology and nature in balance is achievable, the mindset of wealth and greed that influences the industry that produces the technology is the challenge.

[green4ny]

@OozeSlimeJelly No, it is not "radical" to believe human ingenuity will continue to fail in compensating for lack of "environmental balance" with it's so called "progress". No human should be thankful for being poisoned by so called progress. No human should be thankful that pollution is increasingly spread out into space and soon privateer mining of "space minerals" will permanently scar neighboring planets. "Progress" will be the polluting of planets where commoners cant interfere.