Damian Penston, writes in The Sufficiency and Wellbeing Magazine about the consequences of chronic insecurity on human behaviour and asks 'what kinds of economic systems are worth organising society around in the first place?' (https://www.sufficiencywellbeing.com/p/why-modern-economies-keep-people).

I suspect that the society would be a lot more relaxed and happy, with far less conflict. What do you think?

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This article provides a useful summary for anyone writing climate fiction, of the issues involved in moving to renewable energy.

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https://open.substack.com/pub/sufficiencyandwellbeing/p/technical-issues-with-renewables

How about managing forests to also produce food, gradually introducing complementary plants? This interview on the Sufficiency and Wellbeing substack explains how. This is the kind of idea that I look for to incorporate in my optimistic future fiction. (Scroll down in the post for English)

https://www.sufficiencywellbeing.com/p/teo-el-arquitecto-sevillano-de-bosques

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#WritersCoffeeClub 27 March:
If you had to pick one, would you say writing is more exciting or cathartic process for you?

Exciting. I never know what's going to appear each morning and usually, it's delightful.

A cause for optimism: The Center for Humane Technology comments on rulings against Meta. More important than the fines, is an opportunity to impose design changes on their products. It's about time they got held to account for what they make. I hope to live long enough to see them come over to the good side 😇.

https://youtu.be/CaGLxlcTCuo?si=J6xit8qDtZUxEqjR

The Indie Author Bookstore was launched last week by ALLi, the Alliance of Independent Authors. It is a dedicated online bookstore and discovery hub for indie-authored books. Browse by genre, theme, and season and buy from the author's preferred shop.

https://bookstore.allianceindependentauthors.org/

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#WritersCoffeeClub – 6th Mar. Is there a local writing community near you? Do you participate in it?

Yes, one in Porto, Portugal. We meet every Monday morning and write for 90 minutes and then chat about what we are writing and how it went. The group includes all kinds: trad published, bloggers, self published, grad students, people writing family histories etc. There's a stable core group and many who drop in and out. We've been running for years. It seems to work.
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I'm excited to announce that ALL my ebooks are available as part of the Smashwords Read an Ebook Week! This is a chance to get my books at a 50% discount between March 1 - March 7. Find my ebooks and many more at https://www.smashwords.com/sale.

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