Awesome Ted Talk from May on the design flaws in Suburbia

This talk gives good history on the Space Monkey tenant on Self Reliance and why it's such an important focus on the coming years. Buying from local farmers at the co-op is the start. Forging your own living, creating your own garden, recycling your own waste, living off solar energy for power and cleaning your own water, encouraging others to do the same, these are -basics- of human living that we must embrace -years- ago. Come on, get to it.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/121