The safest place on Earth?

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Tasmania/Lutruwita is where Just Collapse resides. New research says it’s the safest place on Earth in a global catastrophe. That’s a worry! In a globalised world, we’re not that isolated, we are definitely not self-sufficient in food, democracy is under as much pressure as anywhere else, inequality is growing, and very little is decentralised. Instead of fantasising about impossible futures, act now for a Just Collapse!

New research article: No Place to Hide? Regional Resilience and Vulnerability to Global Catastrophic Risk – Jehn – 2026 – Global Challenges – Wiley Online Library

4 thoughts on “The safest place on Earth?”

  1. I was just reading another site, hitherto un-visited. Prof Jem Bendell’s “living purposefully during metacrisis and collapse” and then stumbled upon this little gem, which is a bit closer to home for me since I reside in SE Qld. I thought about buying in down there pre-covid, the whole global warming business you know. But I concluded I would probably die of old-age before any drastic heatwave events overcame the preparations I have here.

    And that’s what’s this is all about isn’t it, each one of us deciding what’s best for themselves as they weigh up the pros and cons of the disastrous future rushing down upon us. If it’s one thing I have leasrn’t in 20+ years, which is how long it’s been since I “awoke” is that these future events take a lot longer to play out then we expect. In my early days, peak oil was the big disaster looming and that one is still in play. But the crippling effects of oil depletion are still aways off, so relax I have.

    I’ll hang around here for a while since it’s a site with interesting ideas, but I’ll say from the outset that I don’t hold with the community solution as it’s generally portrayed, and that because people, even collapse aware people, are still incapable of working together at anything more involved than a seminar. We all home our own homes and jobs and commitments that take precedence over community building. But of course this will change, and probably on a dime as they say when the system we all rely on collapses in a heap.

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    1. Thanks for your comment. Yes, for many in the affluent West things aren’t as immediately catastrophic as they can sometimes appear. BTW our ‘community solution’ of a just collapse is not actually a solution. It’s a response to unfolding hardship and suffering that leverages and builds existing networks and social connections. Its kind of of inevitable as things get tougher.

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      1. Yes we have similar groups here, one is the “Awake” movement. I went to a couple of coffee meets in the park and was surprised at the topics discussed. Most of it was about getting out offgrid in some rural setting, which seems good in theory, but is really miserable in practice. I know, I did it on 5 acres up the brisbane valley. Local disaffected youth would come in and steal anything not bolted down. And a lot of hard work, not a choice for the feeble. And of course you still need an income. I know I’m soundling like a downer but these are the things they never talk about, like all the wood you need to cut, so a chainsaw and fuel. Fence maintenance, water security, even a modest electricity system is going to cost many thousands and you better know how to build and maintain it as well as the batteries etc.

        I was looking at Bernie Tas as a place to live. Beautiful land and small populations in those towns. Also minimal political interference I imagine. But the last thing those towns want are more outsiders coming in and buying up their homes, I know that from rural towns in SE Q. I connect with a neighbor here whose is semi-likeminded but he doesn’t believe the climate is shifting, thinks it’s all a scam. Another friend got it into his head an iceage is coming? How can you have serious conversations with such people? How can you make plans when they think the government is to blame for everything and if we all just voted in XYZ we’ll be fine. These are people who moved in from the city like me, the locals don’t want to know you, not on a personal level. You’re an outsider and always will be. Fair enough too. I understand where they are coming from. This is one more thing you have to consider if you retreat out to small town areas.

        But a lot can be done on the personal level meanwhile and that’s what I concentrate on. I have a house “in town” with all the amenities but like many I have water tanks and I have a small off-grid power system. I have a cool downstairs room where I keep food stocks and I’m stocked up on fuel and propane and many other things. Just being 100km from a city is major step in the right direction, away from the cameras and constant police patrols and all the madness down there. The things that will effect people long before climate change or civil war etc will be shortages of food and water and energy. The things we all depend on without even thinking of it. Even homeless people around the cities have solar panels and little fridges, fans and their ubiquitous smart phones. They may be homeless but they are typically still reliant on the current system and it’s technology.

        As you say, as things get tougher people will band together more, once the dangers become clear, as in once they are experiencing the dangers. I wouldn’t hold my breath planning on a “just collapse”. The elite classes have always maintained the Us and Them system, all throughout history. And as soon as a revolution comes along they are replaced with a new group of elites and things can go from bad to worse. This world is corrupt. people are corrupted as soon as they get into positions of power and the only hope is to look out for yourself and let the tide flow around and past if possible.

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