Eric Shonkwiler

Eric Shonkwiler

Nov
16
Supply Chain Failures and Dual Power

Supply Chain Failures and Dual Power

Remember that old saying, "The best time to buy your Christmas presents was last year, the second best time
6 min read
Nov
09
Disrupting the New Normal

Disrupting the New Normal

Earlier in the pandemic there was a sense, I think, that COVID-19 had unified us—not in a good way,
6 min read
Nov
02
Guerrilla Gardening to Own the (Neo)Libs

Guerrilla Gardening to Own the (Neo)Libs

Along with the recent increase in popularity of foraging–thanks in part to the absolute joy that is Blackforager– [https:
5 min read
Oct
26
What/If: Solutions to Collapse and Climate Change

What/If: Solutions to Collapse and Climate Change

In short: there ain't any. But while we don't have solutions, we do have answers to
5 min read
Oct
19
The Formula for Collapse

The Formula for Collapse

It's a mistake to think of a collapse, or the collapse, as some kind of monolithic, singular event.
7 min read
Oct
12
Land Management in the Collapse (Pt. 2)

Land Management in the Collapse (Pt. 2)

I think it's a fair assumption that most people reading When/If don't have acres on
7 min read
Oct
05

Land Management in the Collapse (Pt. 1)

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6 min read
Sep
28
The Echidna of Climate Change, and Confucius' Guide to Prepping

The Echidna of Climate Change, and Confucius' Guide to Prepping

The IPCC released it's latest report [https://www.ipcc.ch/] recently, and the news was not good. But
4 min read
Sep
21
Collapse, Opportunity, and Equilibrium

Collapse, Opportunity, and Equilibrium

The feedback from last week's post has been unanimous: fuck. With that in mind, I want to expand
4 min read
Sep
14
The Big Abysmal Picture

The Big Abysmal Picture

There are a number of reasons I believe we're bound for collapse. We've witnessed in the
7 min read