David Jacobin

What If?

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What if you could walk down the block in your neighborhood and have an abundant supply of fruit, nuts, fresh greens, edible flowers, and root vegetables?

What if public parks were also food forests and ecological protection zones?

What if the water that fell from the sky from rain was captured and stored from every rooftop?

What if every rooftop had solar panels or wind turbines?

What if energy storage was in the hands of the people, instead of large corporations?

What if we used our technological to repair the planet, and harness an age of abundance?

What if we restored the purity and drinkability of the great rivers and lakes of the world?

What if 100% of our energy needs were met with abundant, renewable energies?

What if industry realized an economic system that is in line with ecological principles?

What if industry realized that change to regenerative practices is their only future, and our only future?

What if workers everywhere united to demand a living wage?

What if we decided to stop fighting each other and realized that the only way forward is together?

What if we demanded that the power structures in place represent the will of the people, and of the planet or stand aside?

What’s your “what if”?

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What If?

What if you could walk down the block in your neighborhood and have an abundant supply of fruit, nuts, fresh greens, edible flowers, and root vegetables? What if public parks were also food forests and ecological protection zones? What if the water that fell from the sky from rain was captured and stored from every […]

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Sometimes I’m serious. Sometimes I make #overgeneralizationsbydavid. Sometimes I write fiction. I don’t really distinguish between the three, but this is my warning to take everything you read here with a grain of salt and a critical lens.