Taking things a step beyond the 8 forms of capital all the way to an assertion that what we need to do to save the planet is exactly the opposite of capitalism.
this video was created for week 31 of the yearlong #freepermaculture course at www.freepermaculture.com
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Partial video transcript:
Hello. So today we’re talking about permaculture, alternative economics, and capitalism. I believe that permaculture by definition is anticapitalist. And in the short video, I’m going to explain why. So when we talk about capitalism, we think first thing is this big picture, Wal-Mart, and everybody’s working for the man and everyone’s paying all their money in taxes. And all you get in return is just a bunch of junk and a bunch of debt. And you take that to your grave. So this is what capitalism sort of looks like on the ground. And it’s very easy to put a label on that. But then when we get into talking about alternative economics, then right away, the first thing that you will encounter are these eight forms of capital of oh, it’s not just about money.
There’s lots of different ways to accrue capital and lots of different ways to feel wealthy, to become wealthy through your work with the land, through your work with the community, create social capital and spiritual capital. And you accrue biological capital. You surround yourself with plants, et cetera, et cetera. But rarely does the conversation go beyond that. So I just want to challenge the notion of capital at all. And this idea that we need to get things and we need to have things and to own things and assert that permaculture, that if we’re serious about creating a sustainable community, if we’re serious about integrating with nature and being regenerative with our projects and regenerative with our actions, then that work, by definition, is anticapitalist. So we talk about eight kinds of capital which connect to eight kinds of currency complexing to eight types of natural resources, which make up the core source of the energy of what we’re getting. It all came from somewhere, even if we’re talking about alternative currencies. It’s still capitalism. So social capital, material capital, financial capital, living capital, intellectual capital, experiential capital, spiritual capital and cultural capital. Now, two of these things are very different than the rest in that material and financial capital are somehow, for some reason, valued higher. And people who have more material and financial capital are granted access to fancier houses, better health care, better education and so on. And these two forms of capital also happen to be the two that you run out of if you give away too much. So, they don’t regenerate. These are non regenerative forms of capital. Now, the rest of these the more you give, the more you get. So if we’re talking about connections and we’re talking about elements and ideas and actions and intentions and stories and songs and rituals, you don’t run out of those. If you’re sharing those with your community, they just keep making more and more and more. And these are regenerative. So what we’re doing for the most part in mainstream culture is we’re taking all of these regenerative energies and we’re translating and mutating everything into these two non regenerative energies. And then we’re turning that into cash money, basically. And real estate property, and we’re using that to then buy all of these other types of experiences, social experiences, living, living experiences, education, intellectual connection, spiritual experiences. And so, so much has lost massive amounts of energy are being lost in the conversion. And we’re literally wasting our time. And the Earth is dying while we’re at it. This is the pattern that we need to disrupt. If we’re to change our relationship with the planet on which we live.
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