Planet: Critical Community Sufficiency | Kara Huntermoon
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Aug 21, 2025 Kara Huntermoon, a passionate permaculturist and educator, advocates for community sufficiency and intergenerational solidarity. She discusses how hobbies today can become essential skills for future generations. The conversation delves into connecting urban life with nature, emphasizing the importance of sustainable practices. Kara also explores the need for bridging political divides and nurturing relationships across cultures. By sharing her experiences, she encourages listeners to embrace hard work and the transformative power it can have on communities and the environment.
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Cities Break Ecological Feedback
- Urban life severs direct feedback with ecosystems, hiding pollution and resource theft.
- Kara Huntermoon argues this broken relationship makes large-scale collapse inevitable.
Humans Shaped The Amazon
- Indigenous peoples actively shaped landscapes like the Amazon through planting and terra preta.
- This shows humans can co-create resilient ecosystems rather than merely destroy them.
Markets Versus Obligations To Life
- Market incentives often clash with ecological ethics, pushing harmful choices for profit.
- Kara shows this tension through breeding rare ducks where profit would force mass culling.
