Closed for remodeling

Well, not really, but I'm going to take a short time out for a little bit of housecleaning and remodeling and rebuilding here at old buzztail. Gotta do that once in a while. Change is good.

It's not that things are going to change drastically around here. They're not. It will look pretty much the same. The main thrust of this blog will remain the same, though hopefully a little more fine tuned. The longer I live, the less faith I have in our current social/political/economic system. I have serious doubts whether those we choose to represent us in our government are capable of steering us in the right direction. Like the Titanic, we've hit an iceberg, and we're trying to repair the damage with a case of duct tape and a new coat of paint.

Our priorities are ass-backwards. We're intent on continuing to grow an ever expanding economy, and we seem to think we can continue to put band-aids on the problems caused by that. It's time to put the earth first. We need to protect great areas of wild earth. We need to protect the health and well being of our life support system. Then we can rethink our economies and build them to fit within the limits. Anything less is suicidal. Bioregionalism holds possibilities for starters, as do localized, small-scale economies and energy projects and food growing systems. Massive change is a tall order to be sure, and a frightening one, but necessary. Quite frankly I don't know where to start, hence the break here at this blog. If anyone has any ideas I'm all ears.

The usual enviro activism will continue and links to other Montana blogs will remain in the sidebar. I will add others links that interest me as I find them.

pj