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EcoguerrillasHunting Meat, Transportation, & Curbing Automobiles – Episode 21
Hunting Meat
“It isn’t done lightly and I don’t enjoy it,” he would respond, “but if I am going to eat meat, I think it shows respect to the animal if I am willing to take responsibility for my choice.”
Transportation
The more we can reduce the need to travel long distances, the more we can simplify our transportation solutions. The ease of stepping into a car and driving from point A to B, masks a complicated world of extraction, refineries, pipelines, distribution infrastructure, vehicle production and discard, and emissions.
Curbing Au...2023-05-0527 min
EcoguerrillasAgriculture, Industrial Crops, Nat’l Disaster Prep., & Materials – Episode 20
Agriculture
Agriculture today appears to be an industrial-age marvel, but this masks a dark secret: it is a complicated, fossil-fuel-dependent industry that delivers an unhealthful product to the public.
Industrial Crops
That fall, after returning from the meeting, Glenn had been hard at work with both the organization and his own research. As the critical week approached, he hoped that his “silver bullet” would be done in time. He had become part of what they called Operation Demeter, named after the Greek goddess of agriculture. The cell was charged with the difficult task of d...2023-04-1420 minEcoguerrillasDamn Dam – Episode 19
Damn Dam
“That could work,” said Eva. “Or better yet, we could belay someone down on a line who can put the charges between the gate and the trusses and another charge on the hinges. If we can dismantle the door, the water will wash it down and out. Plus we have to drop the two-hundred-and-fifty-foot line down the tunnel, plus more charges for the elbow.”
“Hmm,” said Pops. “I like this. It could work. Should we do some exploring?”
Ecoguerrillas is a serialized climate-fiction audiobook written and read by S. A. J. Johnson, now on...2023-04-0735 min
EcoguerrillasSustainable Generation & The Nuclear Problem – Episode 18
Sustainable Generation
Our social conventions must shift to celebrate those who live simply and within their means instead of those who waste our common resources. Most of our personal electrical choices fulfill wants masquerading as needs. In the majority of cases, simpler means are available to complete a task. By making hard choices and sacrifices to reduce our use of electricity and to generate it from clean, renewable sources, we will live with a lighter impact on the ecosystem.
The Nuclear Problem
Eric was silent for a little while. “What happens when the ba...2023-03-3114 min
EcoguerrillasEnergy Generation; Coal Plant, Fired; & Mining Problems – Episode 17
Energy Generation
In some cases, we can see a right way to harness this power, but in many instances, these resource are best left untapped because their side effects outweigh their benefits.
Coal Plant, Fired
Bret laid out the idea he had been thinking about since their hike: a coordinated sewing of explosives into open coal trains headed to power plants. The explosives would be made to look like typical pieces of coal and would ride with the rest of the fuel from the storage area to bunkers in the plant. Once in...2023-03-2423 min
EcoguerrillasPlaces: Infrastructure, Bear in the woods, & Energy – Episode 15
Places: Infrastructure
The earth has no stake in our survival. We can either live as part of this world or burn ourselves out. This is the choice we have to make.
Bear in the Woods
“It said that we had won a Crime Against Nature award since we put down a bear and sent two cubs to a zoo. It said that it was wrong to view the guilty party as the bear, who was out minding her own bear business, instead of the human, who decided to go to a restricted area. Th...2023-03-1010 min
EcoguerrillasUnseen University – Episode 14
Unseen University
“Alright, let go of the second line.”
Josh’s heart started to beat faster. “Um, okay.” The tow-line dropped away beneath him.
“Now, take the knife and use the belt cutter on your webbing.”
Josh thought his heart was racing before, but he could feel it about to burst through his chest. He was thinking fast. They wouldn’t haul me all the way out here and just let me drop down to my death, right? Is this even worth it?
Ecoguerrillas is a serialized climate-fiction audiobook written and read...2023-03-0323 min
EcoguerrillasEducation, Another Class, & Population – Episode 13
Education
For millions of years, humans and our ancestors have learned from the previous generation, but only in the last century have we had to suffer through an industrial education system.
Another Class
“Since I am the benevolent dictator, I will decree that the ‘most beneficial human society’ is one that coexists with other systems on the planet into the distant future. I’ll be searching for a stable-state existence, not an enhanced version of today’s world.”
Population
It is not for a few people to make this decision, bu...2023-02-2416 min
EcoguerrillasWriting the Manifesto, Equity, & Community Meetings – Episode 12
Writing the Manifesto
“We haven’t committed real crimes yet,” Eric said.
“Speak for yourself,” said Eva.
“Showoff.”
Equity
It is rational to fear the loss of these things because in our current system they denote security and stability. Unfortunately the underlying system is about to be destroyed, either through a controlled and voluntary revolution or through unmitigated climate disaster.
Community Meetings
“Maybe if the concerns of community members had been listened to before, she wouldn’t have to advocate for people to take direct action to solve th...2023-02-1716 min
EcoguerrillasThe Economy, Monopoly Man, & Banking and Finance – Episode 11
The Economy
It is entirely possible that we could reorganize our economy so that each person can be involved in a wider variety of tasks, perhaps even working in each of the three sectors. This may sound like regression, but human beings are not made to perform a single task every day for their entire lives. If anything, industrialized work appears to be an aberration. Not only would people benefit from variety in their work day, they would feel a greater proprietorship over what they produce. Furthermore, if we were able to provide for even a few...2023-02-1015 min
EcoguerrillasUndermining Government Credibility – Episode 10
Undermining Government Credibility
“Did these imaginary thieves have a time machine, too?”
Ecoguerrillas is a serialized climate-fiction audiobook written and read by S. A. J. Johnson, now on to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, Audible, YouTube, and other podcast apps. Supporters can get early access to each chapter by subscribing to the project on patreon.com/sajjohnson.
Find more at ecoguerrillas.com.
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Musical background is Mahler’s Piano Quartet in A Minor, arranged by Michelle Diehl...2023-02-0320 min
EcoguerrillasCities & Governance – Episode 09
Cities
“. . . And what better way to get people to leave the city than a nuclear scare.”
“Jesus, Eva. A nuclear plant isn’t the same as a dam.”
“I know that. I’m not saying we cause a meltdown. That happens too fast, causes ecological damage, and creates panic instead of fear. Big difference. Panic is clogged highways with unprepared people fleeing. Fear gives people time to get their sh*t together.”
Governance
We must get away from the two most insidious beliefs of modern governance—hierarchy and survival of the fittest—and...2023-01-2720 min
EcoguerrillasPeople: Social Structure, Government Mole, & Social Organization – Episode 08
People: Social Structure
The problem with each of these systems, however, is that they are built on an “empty-world” model, which assumes infinite resources. Our world is not infinite, and we must dismantle the current system in order to create new ones based on reality.
Government Moles
“Do you still feel the same way about the way our society is headed?”
“If I am being honest, yes. I feel the same way I did years ago, but now I have even more experience and evidence to back it up. ‘Hell in a handbasket...2023-01-2014 min
EcoguerrillasRevolution & Planning the Fateful Day – Episode 07
Revolution
We are unsure of what the world will look like after a revolution, but with the current suffering amid such material wealth, we are willing to roll the dice.
Planning the Fateful Day
“Yeah, I think we’re agreed that the grid is going down,” said Becca, “but we have to look seriously at how to keep people alive when it happens.”
Ecoguerrillas is a serialized climate-fiction audiobook written and read by S. A. J. Johnson, now on to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, Audible, YouTube, and other podcast apps. Supporters...2023-01-1318 min
EcoguerrillasEmail Exchange – Episode 06
Email Exchange
It would be interesting to see how some of us in the highly industrialized world would fare when thrown back into a hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
Ecoguerrillas is a serialized climate-fiction audiobook written and read by S. A. J. Johnson, now on to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, Audible, YouTube, and other podcast apps. Supporters can get early access to each chapter by subscribing to the project on patreon.com/sajjohnson.
Find more at ecoguerrillas.com.
Support the project and gain early access to chapters on Patreon (patreon.com/sajjohnson).
2023-01-0635 min
EcoguerrillasThe Classes, Rebuke of Technical Solutions, Recruiting, & Rebuke of Primitivism – Episode 05
The Classes:
If you cling to the past and the present, you can’t get on board with the solutions we need to survive. Propping up this fossil-fuel-dependent world puts us on track for a Mad Max future, where a powerful few hoard resources. We want the majority to take over the reigns now, while we still have time to build a sustainable infrastructure.
Rebuke of Technical Solutions:
We all have friends and loved ones who are unworried by a changing climate because of the conviction that scientists will innovate our way out of...2022-12-3020 min
EcoguerrillasThe Book Club & Antecedents – Episode 04
The Book Club: Lauren recruits friends into the group at a book club discussing Ecotopia.
I like that it sweeps aside Democrat and Republican monikers and attempts to appeal across traditional tribal lines. We need a viable third party in this country.
Antecedents: From Thoreau and Mure to Abbey and Naess, we are in debt to the ideas of others.
The radical ideas we embrace are not our own; we stand on the shoulders of giants who foresaw the collision of industrial society and the earth’s systems.
Ecoguerrillas is a se...2022-12-2325 min
EcoguerrillasLivin’ the Dream & The Precepts in Action – Episode 03
Livin’ the Dream: A friend comes to visit Eric and Lauren at their urban St. Louis home — and gets recruited.
What if in the future, we could have two people who worked half time and spent the newfound free time doing things for themselves at home with their friends and family?
The Precepts in Action: Some examples of right living in a post-industrial future.
ArneNaess articulated a list of character traits (adapted here) that we hope to cultivate in our society . . .
Ecoguerrillas is a serialized climate-fiction audiobook written and read by S. A...2022-12-1638 min
EcoguerrillasAn Early Meeting & The Precepts – Episode 02
An Early Meeting: A small group of friends decide to do something about the industrial world’s careening towards ecological and social disaster.
Eric continued to examine his feet. “Why implicate you in this before we decide to do it?” “Implicate? There’s a plan and you decided without me?!” “No, this is when we decide,” Eva said.
The Precepts: The basic guidelines to a more sustainable future.
Three precepts for reforming society: recognize we are one of many species; work to mimic successful natural systems and live off of surpluses; and prefer the simple to th...2022-12-0922 min
EcoguerrillasKnowledge Monday & the Green Manifesto – Episode 01
Knowledge Monday: A member of the group chats with the host and callers on the NPR show, Knowledge Monday, making their case for a brave new ecological world.
The Green Manifesto: The first excerpt of the call to arms penned by the group, outlining the problems and solutions to our growing ecological and energy problems.
Ecoguerrillas is a serialized climate-fiction audiobook written and read by S. A. J. Johnson, now on to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, Audible, YouTube, and other podcast apps. Supporters can get early access to each chapter by subscribing to the...2022-12-0226 min
EcoguerrillasAuthor’s Note & Prologue – Episode 00
Author’s Note: the premise of the thought experiment that is this book.
Prologue: a look at a latter-stage direct action in preparation for destroying industrial infrastructure.
Ecoguerrillas is a serialized climate-fiction audiobook written and read by S. A. J. Johnson, now on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, Audible, YouTube, and other podcast apps. Supporters can get early access to each chapter by subscribing to the project on patreon.com/sajjohnson.
Find more at ecoguerrillas.com.
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...2022-11-2512 minEcoguerrillasComing Soon . . . To a Podcast Feed Near You: EcoGuerrillas
Graduate students Eva and Eric have been frustrated by the lack of concern the world seems to show towards the changing climate. As the environment approaches a tipping point, they gather a team of like-minded individuals committed to a livable tomorrow—by any means. Their group pushes society to change through actions that call attention to problem points. They sabotage the gasoline distribution system, create a propaganda campaign turning the public against wasteful actors, destroy dams causing ecological problems, simulate the danger of nuclear plants, and demonstrate the instability of our food network. The leaders pen a manifesto to incite ch...2022-11-1701 min