Vancouver Area Relocalisation Network

I had no idea I had a blog on here. Interesting... So, I guess the idea is to keep the gods satisfied I'm doing something to relocalize. I love the very concept of relocalization, by the way. I've always been a fan of small spaces and close quarters.

In college I read a book called Small Is Beautiful and it surprised me how, for being a book on economics, it made so much sense! I had never conceived of smallness as something that could be applied to the economy. Being a young adult in the era of globalization, terrorism and climate change, I had certainly given a lot of thought to the problems of modern society and how better to organize it, but now I started to gain a sense of the fundamental role the economy plays in society.

Another book that monumentally influenced my thinking on social matters was The Breakdown of Nations, which makes the case for a dissolution of today's major nations into smaller units of autonomous political and social organization. It is argued that the citizens of such "city-states" are generally more creative, more productive, more prosperous, and more content. Hmmm... productivity, prosperity... sounds like we're talking about the economy! Yes, small-scale economies and small-scale societies go hand-in-hand! Relocalize!