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Featured Articles Series: 13 Acres and the Internet
Trail Blazing! Staking out your land... (many pix, may be slow loading)
What if... They tell you to evacuate?
What If... Raised bed gardens are kicking your ass?
A Review of the 1996 Movie "The Trigger Effect"
What If... You had no electricity for a Month!
What If... The lights are off and you're Home?
What If... The lights are off and the cupboard is getting bare?
What If... Someone gets sick and there's no one to help?
What If... The Public Water Well goes 'Poof'?
What If... the Neighbors get Nasty?
Backgrounder: The Long Reach of Oil - A few points to ponder
Stocking Up: Should it peep, bah, moo or just what?
Bargain priced tools to rebuild America while there's time
The art of buying property sight unseen
Jack Lessinger's vision of the future of America
Water Troubles of the Front Range
Homespun Water: Why Fear Draught?
Cosmic Security: Lessons from the War on Terror
Retirement Overseas? Blocking exits for retirees
The coming fight over minimum wages
Lights, Cameras, Programming: Cyclops in the living room
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Welcome
to the Independence Journal
This site is about what we call exurban living. And just what's that, you might ask? Exurban living is getting along at the edge of the Western resource-intensive lifestyle, while always realizing that the veneer of civility is only as robust our our nation's supply lines of merchandise and oil, and that at any time, any number of threats could push us who have made plans to survive into a rural lifestyle. This site is not about "bugging out" and setting up a cache in the outback of Idaho (although we admit that's not a bad idea). It's about how anyone, regardless of their living situation, can choose to become more likely to survive than most when whatever comes next shows up in person. If we had postulated a year ago that 300,000 people would be thrust back into the stone age, as forecast by the web bot project over at www.halfpasthuman.com, we would have been labeled nut jobs for sure. But now that it has actually happened, maybe the preparedness people and back to nature types have something going for them after all, eh? By the same token, when the recent flooding of new Orleans occurred, the inability of government to take care of everyone became abundantly clear. Thus, our philosophy of preparedness and lowered consumption. Curiously, it's no more expensive to live responsibly than it is to live extravagantly. yes, it does take time to make your own breads and noodles, to tend your own garden, but that's good "head time" - a chance to honor tradition, savor aromas, and to weave our own textures out of the fibers life puts before us. Elaine and George come to this project from diverse backgrounds: Elaine from the "wilds" of Arizona and George from the central city in Seattle. Each has its strong points. We hope you enjoy the site - and if you have any questions, by all means send them along to elaine@ure.net |
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