I'm Dreaming Of A Green Future by Ling Carsby

I want to make the world a better place, sure, but I haven't come up with any practical solutions.  I have been reading a ton of other people's ideas, though.

1. the venus project 
suggestions for a resourced-based economy, house designs for energy efficiency

I read and watched everything on this.  Cool guy, cool ideas.

2. the zeitgeist movement
same thing

I watched the movies too, and I thought they were half inspiring and truthful, half over-the-top impractical.  Not that there's anything wrong with the ideas though.

3. the wise sloth
eco-cities, floating islands, communal living ideas

This guy wants to build an intellectual monastery, an idea that I love so much I wanna get tweaky with it.  And I'm pretty good at tweaking, so.

4. earth ships
self contained, off the grid housing designs

holy fuck, an earth ship on a floating island- first choice if I didn't have kids.  Maybe when we grow up.

I think maybe combining the earth ship idea with the monastery idea would be easier to sell people on.  It would be like an intellectual trailer park rather than an intellectual hotel.  This is way less eco, I realize.  And more work in the winter, too.  But some people can't share space, so.  I'd buy tiny houses for each of my kids if I could.

I could sell my place, buy some land and have one earth ship built.  But honestly, if I could lobby enough like-minded green future sailors, we could all pitch in and raise enough money to build an earth ship intellectual monastery.  We just can't call it that, we'll call it something else, something that doesn't scare people into thinking they have to shave their heads.  People hear connotations instead of words.  So we'll have to call it the Pot Farm or something, to attract the right kind of people ;)

"may your days be airy and clean, and may all your futures be green"- Ling Carsby