Autotrophy - Elimination of the Emotional Hunger in the World / Part C

Galia Koplis©  

 

 

 

How can this program be carried out in practice

The idea of allowing every person to live with dignity without having to work or struggle for their livelihood is not new. There is one solution that has come up here and there, and  was even implemented in India, Finland and Switzerland, and some still try to market it. But there will always be dependence on decision makers and arguments over the quantity

Another solution proposed in the "Venus Plan" is the elimination of money. The problem is that eliminating money will only eliminate the technology that makes things easier for the individual and will create new problems

However, shattering the sacred idealism of money and property is important for changing human consciousness



Today there are many methods to live independently of others. The problem is that they are not concentrated in one place. One method in one place is insufficient for an independent existence. When individuals and families concentrate most of these methods in one house or one apartment in places open to the idea we will be able to spread the idea to the general public

 

Food

The first solution is to the main problem, the main source of troubles, the basic need for food. Already today, methods are being published for self-growth in a relatively small place such as roofs and gardens outside the city and less dependence on the seasons of the year. Science can detect all the vitamins needed in certain plants. Today, plants that have most of the ingredients that a person needs in food, including vegetable protein, vitamins and minerals, such as spirulina, can be easily grown indoors.

You can supplement the need for variety and delicacies in the old-fashioned way, by going to the supermarket

Another equally important basic problem in large parts of the world is the supply of water, especially fresh and clean water. Here, too, various methods have been invented in the world. Here are two examples of them, one method is to produce clean water from special sheets that capture fog.

 

There is another more simple method, invented by an Italian inventor, in which salt water can be cleaned by what looks like a ceramic pot, a cheap and very simple home system.

 

Other methods for supplying inexpensive food and clean water are constantly being invented and published.

Food and water are the most basic needs, but it is possible to expand inventions for less immediate, but also elementary, needs, first of all shelter, then basic education, medicine, energy, heat and transportation.

Shelter

Having a roof over your head is particularly complicated. But here too you can use inexpensive techniques and self work.

 

In the future it may be possible to print homes, but not land ... But today, before printing of mass houses becomes a reality, it is possible to find more immediate solutions.

 

Modern technological methods for food and smart furniture and modern equipment for the kitchen and home allow a smaller living space and there is no need for the vast lands whose availability is decreasing day by day. On the other hand, technology and basic economic independence make it possible to settle in remote places because the land there is cheaper.

 

Mobile homes are another popular idea because building on private land is too expensive. Another solution to the problem of land reduction is a plan that today seems fanciful but reasonable,  it is the building of small islands on the ocean.

It is possible to utilize relatively small apartments in high-rise buildings. A part of the balcony may be used as a substitute for a garden. Plants can be grown in vertical or spiral pots or any other creative idea can be used. Architects have built homes with high ceilings to create the sense of a large space in a small house. Today it is possible to buy small houses with planning that maximizes utilization. Extensive spaces around the houses eliminate the sense of overcrowding.

 

Today's architecture enables not only the construction of high-rise buildings that look like identical matchboxes, but also those that have almost no common walls and are colorful and imaginative and have gardens on the balconies, made of materials that are cheap and strong, like those made from containers.

 

Self-construction allows for a lot of creativity. For example, houses that are built from all kinds of materials by private individuals, including women who have built houses from clay, wood, and even a house that was sewed using strong fabrics.

 

The relative freedom in the construction industry may encourage building and developing more green products than exist today.

 

Energy

Another painful point that creates dependence on others is energy.

 

The independent exploitation of solar energy by using solar panels is just at its beginning. But already, solar panels can be used not only for heating water tanks, but also for everyday products, such as hair straighteners, heating cooking utensils, charging electric appliances, integrating them into hiking bags or hats, and even for heating homes. In the future we will have solar batteries reserved for rainy days.

 

Information and communication

Another human need is the need for knowledge. An unlimited source of free knowledge is the latest development that has recently surfaced but has had a tremendous impact on all classes of society.

 

The Internet, which is found on computers and mobile phones, contains valuable free knowledge. Knowledge resources on the Internet make general education available to all. You can plan regular school classes for children and adults, taught by qualified teachers, even in the most remote places. Today, useful information for adults is available online for free, or almost free, such as basic medical knowledge, topics such as marketing and sales and courses on a variety of topics.

 

In regard to the creation of true social communication, despite the tendency to exaggerate the shortcomings of digital communication, social networks, Skype and smartphones enable a new type of communication, one that did not exist in the past, the ability to communicate with relatives or colleagues who do not live nearby. This communication makes it possible to live in remote locations.

 

Disadvantages of the method

The idea of autotrophy cannot be applied in every field, and if there is no choice, you can simply buy at the store as is done in the accepted method today.

There is a risk that stakeholders will turn ideas of this kind into a concern that is too expensive and unprofitable. In the same way, for example, as how low quality parts are sold, in the "do it yourself" method with instructions that look like nuclear physics formulas.

  However, the time that will be freed up and the pressures that will be alleviated from having to make a living will help to streamline the utilization of new inventions.

 

Autotrophy and Society

In the past humans huddled together because they needed protection and mutual help. But this [type of] survival took a high toll. It is not surprising that in the last few generations, once they began to rely on social protection and minimal survivability, people started to look for places where they could get away from others for a while and spend time with themselves.

 

The communes of the past examined the idea of an independent existence of groups of individuals in which each person plays his part. Many of the communes disintegrated because of the need to consider others. For the same reason, the kibbutz did not become a dominant trend. Organic communities, such as clans and tribes, are also problematic because there is an internal hierarchy of power and exploitation.

 

The fear of independence is also the fear of the threat of loneliness. The constant threat of the parents, who are representatives of the society; what will happen to my child? In the end you will be alone. If a person is independent, he may end up alone. If he uses social networks he is supposedly lonely. And many other clichés that cause the individual to join groups that do not always benefit him, in fact, they do just he opposite.

 

Autotrophy does not mean to undermine society, rather the dependence on society, the liberation from dependency on more aggressive elements and exploiters. Sometimes even a society of love and brotherhood can create hierarchy and control and dominance, not only by the leaders but also by the group itself that controls the individual to ensure that he will not deviate from the lines or be different.

 

Humanity to a great extent is one body and not only separate individuals, but sharing can be done at different levels. People will not be alone, rather they will be able to choose who they want to be with, they could choose their true tribe and not who they are forced be with, or they can live in different tribes at different times.

The system talks about an active solution rather than passive acceptance of money through computers, as well as different levels of independence. In other words, there may be cooperation between families or communities to one degree or another, and therefore it does not necessarily entail loneliness, but only allows independence as much as possible.

 

The Autotrophy Method is a solution to the acceleration of the process of destruction of the Earth. Encouraging excessive and irresponsible consumption is leading to overuse of the planet's resources by unacceptable means, such as the destruction of forests, rarefaction of clean water and poisoning of the air and land.

 

Many people believe that the Law of the Universe is that there are those who have things and those who do not. Therefore, the poor, the hungry, don’t particularly bother those who have, and for many this is not a "sexy" subject. Therefore, a class that was not considered a lower class but fought for its existence, such as students and unemployed academics and artists and writers can spread the idea of autotrophy among those who do not have anything. The establishment of experimental settlements for the idea of autotrophy in separate places can also be useful in spreading the ability of economic, professional and mental independence to those who are ostensibly destined for poverty.

See Part A and Part B