Guy McPherson's blog

Preparing for collapse at the mud hut

I've dug trenches (requiring only a strong back and a weak mind, so it's the perfect job for me) in which to install water lines, and even installed a frost-free hydrant near the chicken coop and duck house (I'm a plumber). This morning I laid laid tile atop a counter in the outdoor kitchen (I'm a mason). I've built several awnings for tools and shade, along with a few structures for animals (I'm a rough carpenter). And we're growing considerable food, planted from seed, in our own garden beds and also in a neighbor's field (I'm a sharecropper). My two favorite titles, then, are Professor Emeritus and Sharecropper.

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Vocations after the Oil Age

Do you have a post-carbon vocation lined up? And more importantly, at least to me, what's a worthless academician to do, once the academy -- already structurally weakened by inattention to society's needs -- is crushed beneath the weight of its own hubris?

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