Leopold Kohr can be called the fingerpost off the meander of globalized megalomania (therefor he got the Alternative Nobel Prize by the way). So here he shall be a representative for all those people who create brilliant alternatives to the system we are in now and which leads us obviously into a dead end.

CHANGE must happen – there is no doubt. But it won’t come from the system that causes the problems – this isn’t but an illusion.
So let’s watch out for ideas of people who come from the basement and who are not supported by the power. We will find them on alternative paths like unsponsored blogs in the internet or in little offline-communities near us like transition town movements, permaculture-groups and so on. They are upcoming or already existing everywhere… we just have to care and to take action! And action starts already in the daily decisions of consumption everybody takes. So don’t think, you can’t change anything… you do, too! We all do – we are the problem or the solution! It is essential what and how we consume and it is that we take action – personally, at home, in the family, on the job, … in all our personal habits and actions!!!

So don’t feed global enterprises with money anymore if there are alternative little companies in your surroundings where you even may build up personal contacts. Work on your resilience and of course also the self-sufficiency of your personal community/village. Most of us have become much too dependent on the globalized system and its machinery.
If you don’t believe it, make a little test: Do you have a garden and stock so that you have enough food and beverage for at least three weeks – anytime? Or do you have to buy them daily/weekly? If you can’t say yes to question one, it is highly recommendable to think about it. And to take action… now!

“Slow is beautiful” (Leopold Kohr) and “small is beautiful” (E.F. Schumacher)!