Relocalization - A link to a good blog article

There are a few bloggers that I follow, and one of them is John Michael Greer, http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/.

JMG has been writing a series of articles that focus on economics. His latest contribution, released November 18, 2009, is a must read: How Relocalization Worked. While not physical geography, the concepts are the same - without cheap oil to pay for transportation, our life will become local in nature, forcing us to live within the limits of our local environment and within our own economic market. This particular blog contribution uses a very good example - the demise of the centralized Roman Empire and its replacement by local cities and guilds, which in fact didn't shutdown innovation - and is well worth a read by any would-be geographer.

Cheers from Dubuque,
Kevin Anderson