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    • Contents
    • Support The Primer Posters For Sale
    • Sound Bites
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    • Interview, Invite Jan to Speak
    • Eugene - Historical Fiction
  • Jan/PS
    • Transforming My Suburban Property
    • Bio and Paradigm Shift Anecdotes
    • The Primer On Radio
    • River Road Neighborhood >
      • River Road Community Organization
      • River Road PC Convergence
    • Recent Writings >
      • Preparedness and Permaculture
      • Downsizing Is A Privilege
      • Permaculture Design Magazine - Transportation
      • Permaculture Design Magazine - Paradigm Shift
    • Seattle Green Building Slam
    • Media Links
    • Europe
  • Aspects
    • Positive Human Potential
    • Wisdom Of The World's Great Spiritual Traditions
    • Permaculture
    • Reduce Eco Footprints
    • Prioritize Time and Money
    • Allies and Assets
    • Build Civic Culture
    • Paradigm Shift Economics
  • Economics
    • Critique of Capitalism
    • History of Suburbia
    • Social Engineering
    • Populism & Social Engineering
    • Disaster Capitalism
    • Addressing The Casualties
    • Foreign Policy Doctrine & Military
    • Not Making The Cut
    • Cargo Cult
    • Community and Economic Development
    • Buy Now Pay Later
  • Real Life
    • Part 2 - Real Life Paradigm Shift >
      • Maitreya Eco Village
      • East Blair Housing Co-op
      • RR Block Party
      • Permaculture Boot Camp
      • Common Ground Garden
      • Columbia Eco Village
      • Permaculture in Sardegna
      • Villages Clark County
      • KEPW
      • Square 1
      • Permaculture In MIddle School
      • Enright Ridge
    • Kailash Eco Village
    • Block Planning
    • Vertical Block Planning
    • Local 20/20 Port Townsend
    • LION Port Townsend Via 20/20
    • Europe - Pushing Back on Cars >
      • Barcelona
      • Europe - Pushing Back On Cars And Public Places
      • Paris School Streets
      • Houten
      • Utrecht
      • Vauban, Freiberg
    • LA Eco Village
    • Duma Community
    • City Repair
    • Onondaga Earth Corps
    • Hummingbird Wholesale
    • Site Tours
    • Twinberry Commons
    • PLACE, Oakland
    • N Street Co Housing
    • Eco Thrive
  • B The Change
    • Be The Change - A Paradigm Shift Lifestyle
    • Advocate The Change
    • Anecdotes From Jan's "Paradigm Shift Lifestyle"
    • Blueberry Learning Farm
  • Wider World
    • Public Interest Oranizations - To A Wider Audience
    • Capitalism Meets Truth And Reconciliation >
      • use somewhere >
        • PIOs A
        • Resensitize
        • Jan Lifestyle #2
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Re sensitize

In regard to the Primer and preparedness, re sensitizing means gaining more enjoyment from less stuff while thoughtfully reducing our participation in the consumer culture.

That’s taste, vision, hearing, paying attention, focus, being aware of others and more.

We have grown up with the instruction that having more and bigger stuff is a primary goal of life and a measure of a person’s value and success.

The fuel of the consumer culture, climate change and a long list of other negatives is buying bigger stuff and more of it. Social engineering effectively exploits the very real human character traits of vanity and excess and that engineering includes directing our attention towards more and bigger stuff which also serves to desensitize our capacity to enjoy what we already have and the more subtle aspects of life.

Resensitizing is a perfect partner to reducing eco footprints, enhancing community involvement,  building relationships with others, civic culture, having a garden and moving towards a preferred future.


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