I'm really late to the party on this book. Its doesn't get much play in the US permaculture- "Get a PDC in 2 weeks or 6 weekends" market. That course work includes his Big Black book that he co-wrote with Bill. In my mind if there was a second PDC course, then this and his recent book Retrosuburbia would be the next step in the evolution of the concept Bill and David championed back in the late 70's.
There is a similarity between this book and a MIT study "The Limits to Growth" (1974). Limits to Growth, I believe, heavily impacted David and Bill. Bill has a 30 hour lecture entitled "Surviving the Crash: Economic Strategies for Community Survival and Development" from back in the day. 30 years later the Limits to Growth study was revisited by the same scientists to chart how accurate they were; they were spot on in 2004. More recently other scientists have tackled the MIT study 45 years after the fact to discover: the 1972 results were still on point. My assertion is that Holmgren wrote this particular book in 2009 continuing to use "Limits to growth" as part of the foundation for his own conclusion as well as more importantly his most recent treatise Retrosuburbia. Peppered within Holmgren's short-term/long-term solutions I find the Jim McKnight's "A procrastinator's guide to a simple living"(2001) and a paper entitled "Downshifting in Australia" (2003) left their DNA into the pages of both of David's writings as well. David lists Downshifting as a reference, I'm not accusing him of intellectual theft. I appreciate his openness for where different ideas he has come from.
Future Scenarios is a short book. It serves as a meaningful breadcrumb along the way towards Retrosuburbia. In a recent interview with Morag Gamble during the launch of Retro, David shows his insight to what is happening in society and that he is still on it. In Future Scenarios(2009) David was already lamenting about issues that we are only finding ourselves in today. For me David has been the preeminent philosopher of this movement. Respect.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2021
There is a similarity between this book and a MIT study "The Limits to Growth" (1974). Limits to Growth, I believe, heavily impacted David and Bill. Bill has a 30 hour lecture entitled "Surviving the Crash: Economic Strategies for Community Survival and Development" from back in the day. 30 years later the Limits to Growth study was revisited by the same scientists to chart how accurate they were; they were spot on in 2004. More recently other scientists have tackled the MIT study 45 years after the fact to discover: the 1972 results were still on point. My assertion is that Holmgren wrote this particular book in 2009 continuing to use "Limits to growth" as part of the foundation for his own conclusion as well as more importantly his most recent treatise Retrosuburbia. Peppered within Holmgren's short-term/long-term solutions I find the Jim McKnight's "A procrastinator's guide to a simple living"(2001) and a paper entitled "Downshifting in Australia" (2003) left their DNA into the pages of both of David's writings as well. David lists Downshifting as a reference, I'm not accusing him of intellectual theft. I appreciate his openness for where different ideas he has come from.
Future Scenarios is a short book. It serves as a meaningful breadcrumb along the way towards Retrosuburbia. In a recent interview with Morag Gamble during the launch of Retro, David shows his insight to what is happening in society and that he is still on it. In Future Scenarios(2009) David was already lamenting about issues that we are only finding ourselves in today. For me David has been the preeminent philosopher of this movement. Respect.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2021
I'm really late to the party on this book. Its doesn't get much play in the US permaculture- "Get a PDC in 2 weeks or 6 weekends" market. That course work includes his Big Black book that he co-wrote with Bill. In my mind if there was a second PDC course, then this and his recent book Retrosuburbia would be the next step in the evolution of the concept Bill and David championed back in the late 70's.Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2021
There is a similarity between this book and a MIT study "The Limits to Growth" (1974). Limits to Growth, I believe, heavily impacted David and Bill. Bill has a 30 hour lecture entitled "Surviving the Crash: Economic Strategies for Community Survival and Development" from back in the day. 30 years later the Limits to Growth study was revisited by the same scientists to chart how accurate they were; they were spot on in 2004. More recently other scientists have tackled the MIT study 45 years after the fact to discover: the 1972 results were still on point. My assertion is that Holmgren wrote this particular book in 2009 continuing to use "Limits to growth" as part of the foundation for his own conclusion as well as more importantly his most recent treatise Retrosuburbia. Peppered within Holmgren's short-term/long-term solutions I find the Jim McKnight's "A procrastinator's guide to a simple living"(2001) and a paper entitled "Downshifting in Australia" (2003) left their DNA into the pages of both of David's writings as well. David lists Downshifting as a reference, I'm not accusing him of intellectual theft. I appreciate his openness for where different ideas he has come from.
Future Scenarios is a short book. It serves as a meaningful breadcrumb along the way towards Retrosuburbia. In a recent interview with Morag Gamble during the launch of Retro, David shows his insight to what is happening in society and that he is still on it. In Future Scenarios(2009) David was already lamenting about issues that we are only finding ourselves in today. For me David has been the preeminent philosopher of this movement. Respect.
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