Twelve by Twelve (36 page)
Authors: Micahel Powers
end of,
197
as ordinary,
214
surface noise vs. deeper stillness,
127
,
130
translucent images in,
121–22
noncooperation,
89–92
Norris, Kathleen,
239
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),
194
North Carolina
birdlife in,
33–34
drugs in,
162–63
homeschooling in,
160
Iraq War casualties from,
219
military bases in,
219
residence laws in,
223–24
North Carolina wave,
58–59
,
69
,
98
Northern New Mexico Organic Farmers Association,
86
nuclear weapons,
222–23
,
230
,
238
,
245
O
Obama, Barack,
106
O’Donahue, John,
217
Ogiek people,
176
On the Road
(Kerouac),
87–88
organic food,
10
organizer cells,
97
Oriental Timber Company,
249–50
Orion nebula,
138–39
outsourcing,
6
P
Pacahuara people,
176
Paraguay,
176
peak oil,
21
permaculture
author’s mentorship in,
86–90
Benton’s farm,
15–16
,
26
,
36–38
,
211–12
as challenge to globalization,
21
defined,
15
edges in,
140
El Bosque Garlic Farm,
86
,
88–89
,
91
natural curves of,
87
resources on,
261–62
sustainability through,
77
Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual
(Mollison),
140
pesticides,
230
Petroleum Man
(Crawford),
86
pilgrimage,
217–18
Pilgrim’s Pride,
42
plantation economy,
198
political organizing,
10
Pope Air Force Base (NC),
219
positive emotion,
positive psychology,
59–61
post-capitalism,
209
Pound, Ezra,
21
praise, enemy confused by,
254
“Prayer” (Kinnell),
214
predictability, avoiding,
157–58
presence, maintaining,
48–51
See also
warrior presence
present moment, focus on,
60
,
120–22
,
133–34
,
151
,
157–58
,
203
problems, convergent vs. divergent,
240–41
progressives, holier-than-thou,
212
“prone yoga,”
111
purpose,
60
Q
Quechua people,
108
R
anti-Latino,
101–3
,
112–13
,
118
,
129
,
230
denial in dealing with,
106
forgiveness for,
105
structural,
106
as teacher,
234
Raging Grannies, The (activist group),
203
rainforest destruction,
7
,
10–12
,
175
,
230
,
234
Raphael,
238
Raul (Mayan schoolteacher),
143
renewable energy,
205
Research Triangle (NC),
35
,
78–79
,
160
,
206
rhythm, world as,
137–38
Riester, Jurgen,
176–77
Road, The
(McCarthy),
12
Robin, Vicki,
209
Ronark (AL),
37
Royal Hotel (Monrovia, Liberia),
249
,
250–51
Rufus’ Restaurant,
98–100
Rule Number Six,
217
Rumi (poet),
144
ruthhu, hiku
(Bolivian hair-cutting ceremony),
180
S
sabbaticals,
208
Sacred Peace Walk,
220–21
sacrifice,
131
Sahtouris, Elisabet,
97
Samaipata (Bolivia),
255–57
Sam’s Barbeque (Monrovia, Liberia),
253–54
San Andres Peace Accords,
193
San Cristobal de Las Casas (Mexico),
194
Santa Cruz (Bolivia),
180
Santa Fe Indian School (Santa Fe, NM),
86
,
89–91
Sartre, Jean-Paul,
188
School of the Americas,
49
Schultz, Howard,
145
selflessness,
252–53
Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail,
123–24
Shakori Hills summer music festival,
232–33
sharecropping,
127–28
Sierra Club,
210
Siler City (NC)
cooperative housing opposed in,
228
eco-community projects in,
78
impact of monoculture on,
74–76
Latino immigrants in,
101–2
Silk Hope Catholic Worker,
21
simplicity,
57–63
,
147
,
209–10
,
214–16
sin,
196
Sinoe wilderness,
249
Slim, Carlos,
249
Slow Food movement,
204–5
snakes,
66–68
social class,
101
Socratic thoughts, xiv
soft economy
farmers markets and,
201–3
gift-giving and,
207–8
life energy expenditure and,
208–10
personal shopping choices and,
205–6
resources,
262
Solace of Open Spaces, The
(Ehrlich),
213
solitude
as human shield,
192–95
as last speaker of a language,
191–92
in prayer,
192
stillness in,
133
Sontag, Susan,
196
South Africa,
122–23
Southern Season, A (Chapel Hill, NC),
207
Southern Village (Chapel Hill, NC),
78–79
spirit, and clay,
237–41
Starbucks,
145
Star Wars
,
212
stick season,
24
stretch-shouts,
158
subdivisions,
233–34
subsistence cultures,
75
,
88
,
153
,
210
suicide rates,
152
Sulston, Elizabeth,
139
sustainability movement,
93
sustainable timber,
10
synesthesia,
139
T
tadpoles,
120–21
Tao Te Ching
(Lao-tzu),
125–27
Taylor, Charles,
249
tea, heirloom,
55
Teachings of Don Juan, The
(Castaneda),
155–56
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre,
144
telephones, living without,
28
,
53
,
257
Teresa, Mother,
74
Thoreau, Henry David,
38
,
53
,
85
,
132
,
146
,
223
Tibetan Buddhism,
195–96
Tijuana (Mexico),
154
Tolle, Eckhart,
196
Toupee (Liberian friend),
251–52
,
253–54
transformation,
217–18
turtles,
119
author’s first days spent in,
23–31
author’s first time in,
16–19
author’s last day at,
241–45
author’s transformation after time at,
247–54
,
256
forest bulldozing near,
226–29
land surrounding,
18–19
laws concerning,
5
,
223–24
,
258–59
as living inside,
133–34
outside appearance of,
16–17
,
212
permaculture farm near,
15–16
,
26
,
36–38
,
211–12
as rebellion,
208
sacrifices vs. seductions at,
131–32
simplicity and humility at,
214–16
solitude in,
191
Tyson,
42
U
Ueland, Brenda,
157
Uffizi gallery (Florence, Italy),
238
UK Jedis,
212
UNC Medical Center,
9–10
Unilever,
12
United States
bicentennial celebration of (1976),
82
car demand in,
179
car ownership in,
58
corporate colonization of,
75–77
divorce rates in,
184
drug abuse in,
163
early settlement of,
167
ecocide denial in,
169–70
eight-hour workday in,
150–51
factory education model in,
161
foreign military bases of,
222
hyper-individuality in,
216–17
mental illness in,
166
myths concerning,
83
nuclear capability plan of,
222–23
resource consumption in,
153
,
188
self-worth and “doing” in,
145
television viewership in,
76
See also
monoculture
United States Army,
220
unworthiness, tracing of,
129
,
130
Upper Guinea Rainforest,
11
urban decay,
74–76
urban slums,
154
urban sprawl,
77
Uru-Chipaya people,
176
V
Van Gogh, Vincent,
132
vegetarianism,
39
vernacular culture,
154
Virginia Tech massacre (2007),
166
visitors,
53–56
Vitale, Louie,
221
vitamin A,
43
vitamin D,
43
Voting Rights Act (1965),
123
W
Waldorf schools,
161
walking,
30
,
41–42
,
68–69
,
106–7
,
109–10
,
119–22
,
127–29
,
131
,
143–44
,
157–58
,
257
war,
219–23
warrior presence
defined,
50
humility and,
212
maintaining,
51
,
74
,
247–54
,
257–58
resources for,
262–63
