Market Anarchist Carnival – Leap Year Edition
Welcome to the 12th edition of the Market Anarchist Carinval. This is a special edition, because it occurs on Leap Day. If we’re still publishing 4 years from now, someone else can have this unique honor. Until then, I’m in a class by myself. There were a lot of submissions, most of which were shitty, and by shitty I really mean “spam.” I suppose that this is the nature of the beast. Sometimes I like to point out these people, other times, I send them an e-mail telling them that I’ll gladly post their article, as long as they can explain what it has to do with anarchy or agorism. I’ve gotten no responses thus far. +++ Eric Sundwall missed the deadline, but I feel generous, so … Read entire article »
Filed under: Agora!, Anarchy!, MA Carnival, Taxation is Theft
What is an “Earthship”?
Last night I watched an episode of Invention Nation, a show I’d kind of been meaning to watch for some time. I’m glad I tuned, because the episode was about Earthships, which are basically these quasi-futuristic, quasi-primitive houses which are designed to be self-sustainable. They’re built out of old tires and bottles and stuff, which the owners carefully refer to as “ending the cycle,” not to be confused with “recycling.” The ones they profiled were in the desert near Taos, New Mexico. According to the official Earthship website, they are designed with several goals: Thermal/solar heating & cooling Solar & wind electricity Self-contained sewage/wastewater treatment Constructed of natural/recycled materials Water harvesting Food production The downside is, that right now, in order to buy the plans to build one, you’ve got to shell out $5,500 or so. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Agora!, ponderings, Potpourri