For low power fun, is anyone up for living Sundays without electricity, except for keeping the fridge and freezer going? Although we are particularly blessed with hydro power in this province and probably won’t see grid failures like other parts of the world, I think it would be a fun exercise to collectively make us more mindful about our dependence on the grid and more prepared if there are any problems. Plus it will force us out of our normal routines and create opportunities to connect in new ways.
Leave some comments if you want to build on this.
BC_EE
April 26, 2008 | 11:56 pm1
Powering down on Sundays… you know back in the day - ya, 1970 something - that’s what we did. Everything was closed (forget liquor sales, that was the province of Washington) and we played road hockey, cleaned up the house, go to church if so inclined, have a Sunday roast beef dinner, do the dishes and catch Disney. That was Sunday and no catch phrase required.
This stands as a mile post for “where have we gone wrong”. I wish it were as simple as cultural introspection, but in the end we are all passengers on the Entropy train. Ya, what happened to Sundays is the population grew, we used more energy and thermodynamics caught up to us. So we stand as the naked ape beating our chest against the very forces of nature we eloquentally defined and wonder why our techno-monkey brain has defied us.
And the secret to powering down on Sundays? Say no. No more.