Comments on: Survivalism is the new black http://milkwood.net/2011/05/20/survivalism-is-the-new-black/ Dedicated to growing local food systems & resilient communities with world-class knowledge & hands on skills... Sat, 18 May 2013 23:13:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Holding back the Doom with a big fat stick « Milkwood: permaculture farming and living http://milkwood.net/2011/05/20/survivalism-is-the-new-black/#comment-15228 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:01:17 +0000 http://milkwood.net/?p=3033#comment-15228 [...] I’ve noted after writing Survivalism is the new Black and Why I’m not down with the whole Zombie Apocalypse thing, there’s another reason for [...]

]]> By: On Survivalism « The Forager's Year http://milkwood.net/2011/05/20/survivalism-is-the-new-black/#comment-7886 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 09:42:58 +0000 http://milkwood.net/?p=3033#comment-7886 [...] have done aquaponics and beekeeping courses through) has blogged on this sort of thing (here and here) and apologises to the ‘zombie lovers’, meaning no offence. Her perspective is that of a [...]

]]> By: Why I’m not down with the whole zombie apocalypse thing « Milkwood: permaculture farming and living http://milkwood.net/2011/05/20/survivalism-is-the-new-black/#comment-5959 Sat, 05 May 2012 20:00:56 +0000 http://milkwood.net/?p=3033#comment-5959 [...] I wrote last winter in Survivalism is the new Black, I honestly don’t think the whole fortress mentality will get anyone very far in a crisis [...]

]]> By: Michael Tanner http://milkwood.net/2011/05/20/survivalism-is-the-new-black/#comment-1758 Mon, 23 May 2011 03:09:54 +0000 http://milkwood.net/?p=3033#comment-1758 A pleasurable post to read Kirsten.

I too suffered a little from the intolerable bleakness of “The Road” – and the movie made it all worse, in monochromatic tones of despair and human depravity.
For awhile I even lost myself in daydreams of how I would build a post apocalyptic shelter in the hinterland outside Bangalow. “Our family will survive” I would find myself saying.
Bugger that!
I also now share your hopes and confidence in a bright future for the natural world. With or without us, life will go on.
We just need to be that change.

]]> By: Steven http://milkwood.net/2011/05/20/survivalism-is-the-new-black/#comment-1750 Sat, 21 May 2011 23:37:36 +0000 http://milkwood.net/?p=3033#comment-1750 A great positive post Kirsten, in the face of lots of ‘End of days’ culture that has swamped the market and the ‘be afraid’ and here is a new law, news.

I think survivalism is the natural response to the unsettling narrative we are given.

Personally I found this website useful for at least giving me a plausible cultural context. Cutting through

Some good data which has helped me to move on from the manufactured fear factor and focus on the stuff I can control in my own life. I have therefore have decided not to stock up on buckets of wheat to survive the…

Thanks Kirsten, back to the garden :-)

]]> By: adamshand http://milkwood.net/2011/05/20/survivalism-is-the-new-black/#comment-1746 Sat, 21 May 2011 16:03:59 +0000 http://milkwood.net/?p=3033#comment-1746 Thank you for this post, it has struck a deep chord within me and helped to crstalise some of my own thinking around this.

Best wishes on your journey!

Adam.

]]> By: Sharon http://milkwood.net/2011/05/20/survivalism-is-the-new-black/#comment-1744 Sat, 21 May 2011 13:21:05 +0000 http://milkwood.net/?p=3033#comment-1744 Great post! Its easy to get overwhelmed with the stuff going on, peak oil and climate change. Its very easy to freak out about it… I do have those moments occasionally….

]]> By: Evan Young http://milkwood.net/2011/05/20/survivalism-is-the-new-black/#comment-1743 Sat, 21 May 2011 12:05:11 +0000 http://milkwood.net/?p=3033#comment-1743 Yes, you are right Kirsten. I just get so sick of Ghandi worship, must have been in a bit of a mood last night…

]]> By: 1043mabovethesea http://milkwood.net/2011/05/20/survivalism-is-the-new-black/#comment-1742 Sat, 21 May 2011 11:48:43 +0000 http://milkwood.net/?p=3033#comment-1742 I hold a similar sentiment Steve. I hope nature lives long and strong after we are gone.

]]> By: milkwoodkirsten http://milkwood.net/2011/05/20/survivalism-is-the-new-black/#comment-1739 Sat, 21 May 2011 09:56:12 +0000 http://milkwood.net/?p=3033#comment-1739 No, I’m sure not all of them are coming from the same place, but I was speaking from experience… maybe lay off Karen – her point, i think, was the spirit of the quote, not the layered history of the idol -

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