We need to talk of mutation instead of transition

How are you? I'm fine. For a good thirty years I could say that I have been fundamentally serene. On the other hand, I am inconsolable about the planet and what we do to it. Not only does it seem that most people have not changed their lifestyle one iota both on the North American continent and among those who imitate it all over the place, but that should be put in place immediately. essential measures to be able to face the climatic disasters to come. In all areas we are very late and we will act in a violent and anarchic manner when the effects of the climate hit us hard.

That being said, I also direct my gaze towards positive aspects since it cannot be claimed enough that all positive gestures, even symbolic ones, are so many balms on the numerous wounds posed by the civilization of materialism. It takes a humanistic or spiritual base (the two exist side by side) to take actions that aim to remedy, alter or obliterate the unfortunate actions that humans take. Pretty much there won't be enough of these positive gestures to prevent disaster as the scale between them is at least 1:10.

So what is the desirable mutation? It is personal before being collective because it must be integrated into individual gestures before wishing a community of spirit which will be expressed immediately if a number of individuals endorse it and act. collectively. Only catastrophic circumstances (or a dictatorship) force an orchestration, a more or less solid coordination to obtain a semblance of consensus and it is not sure that this will hold up over time.

In the 60s and 70s and even 80s, a certain youth became aware of the absurdity of the system in which they were born and tried to conceive of alternatives. This more or less worked for all kinds of reasons, including that of not being able to reach consensus on a particular type of operation and the fact that all these experiences were not properly networked, which would have allowed everyone to be able to integrate units in which they would have felt better.

During this period many books and guides were published in North America and Europe.

Whole Earth Catalog, 1969

Survival into the 21th century, 1979

What differentiates the then model from that of the present is that the then model was an autonomous realization, outside the State and institutions. We did not speak of disasters then and today it is more the States and institutions that will try to produce the necessary needs in the event of disasters. UBC has a school dedicated to risk management and apprehended disasters.

On the other hand, the 'authorities' could quickly find themselves overwhelmed by the scale of the needs, the breakdown of communications and roads, etc. Should we not then design programs that would allow individuals to organize themselves, without waiting for states and institutions to do so, such as this program offered by the University of North Carolina.