As a first post to the Terra Thunder blog I guess it's important to try and explain what exactly we are trying to achieve here....(as I've gotten this question quite a few times) so here goes...
Please excuse anything that may be construed as technical jargon, an engineering background does that to you.
What is Terra Thunder?
Terra Thunder is the operating name that covers the projects we are undertaking towards building practical procedures and methods for a fully community sustainable, self-reliant existence.
What do you define as a sustainable and self-reliant existence?
Where one can sustainably produce the following 1. FOOD 2. WATER 3. HEAT/ENERGY 4. ESSENTIAL MATERIALS (clothing, building mtls, etc) without the assistance of; corporations, governments etc. Our primary focus at the start will be in food.
What is the goal of the sustainable existence model?
We'd like to see each person, with community support, manage entirely all their own inputs & outputs, from cradle to grave, and start becoming producers and not consumers.
What will be the key activities?
There is already a vast and extensive knowledge base of practices out there to "go green" or "live sustainably", we aim to filter some of the noise and show by doing what are the most successful practices. In so doing, build and join them into a set of practical guides that we will go out and help others execute upon, locally and globally.
What is the revenue model?
We see revenue in the traditional sense as a barrier to self-reliance, fundamentally our monetary/currency system makes it such that heavy imports/exports and many unsustainable practices are encouraged. So we are aiming to conduct these projects as self-sustaining units and not rely on any recurring revenue. Instead we look at this as producing a value exchange. Barter? Sort of, but I think we can do better. More on this later...
As any good organization we are like a living organism and will be morphing and changing as we find success and failure. We encourage anyone with a similar mindset to reach out, say hi, and of course we are always on the lookout for important value partners.
There will be more to come...hopefully you will understand by seeing what we are doing in the posts to follow and participate in the development of our projects. Thanks for reading!
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