Windmill Co-op
Welcome to Windmill Co-op, 2040. Please enjoy the story and feel free to comment.
As of April, 2016, Windmill Co-op 2040 is a work in progress. I am adding, updating and re writing. There is much more to come. If you would like to be notified when new chapters and illustrations go on line, become a friend of Windmill 2040. See below.
You can help put this story out to a wider audience. 2040 is as much about what to do in real life NOW as it is a [dys/u]topian look at a possible future.
1] Please share the story with others. You are welcome to tell friends.
2] Clik here > Please provide a bit of info Where you are from, how did you find the story, please comment. Thanks much. Jan
3] Receive inside info about Windmill 2040. Become a Friend of Windmill 2040.
4] Would you like help proof read? Help make this important writing more effective in its educational capacity and accessible to a wider audience.
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Windmill 2040
Thanks to the gut wrenching decision to close the borders in 2024, Oregon, Washington State and British Columbia have become known as Cascadia. By 2040, Cascadia's population is a fifth of what it was BT, Before Transition. The rest of the former United States did not fare so well. Many of Cascadia's and Eugene's neighborhoods are overgrown by vegetation, some have been salvaged for materials while others are thriving, in a Cascadian kind of way.
Cascadia feels peaceful, secure and optimistic; thanks, ironically, to a heavily fortified eastern and southern border. The comparatively successful Transition in Cascadia was made possible by a secret agreement at the highest levels of government back in 2024. How this all came about is an engaging story with lessons for the present.
Imagine having a unique vantage point for a close look into Windmill Co-op, Eugene and Cascadia, 2040. Elder Naj will show you where he lives, explain how Cascadia come into being, what is the emerging new culture of Cascadia and who lives there. Elder Jan will also recount the actions at home and in the neighborhood taken 30 and 40 years before, that turned out to be critical for surviving the Transition.
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Table of Contents, Windmill Co-op, 2040
Chapter 1 - Newbies
Breakfast at Windmill Co-op, Elder Naj meets the Newbies.
Chapter 2 - The Garden Center
Near Windmill Co-op, the Neighborhood Garden Center, Kids Visit
Chapter 3 - Meeting in the Dome
The Dome, Escape from Dallas, A "huddle", Full agenda
Chapter 4 - The New Cluster
The new cluster - intrigue and stories to tell.
Chapter 5 - The Horse Trolley and Suburbia
The horse trolley, Newbies at City Hall, Suburbia, Opposition?
Chapter 6 - Urban Land Use
As of April, 2016, Windmill Co-op 2040 is a work in progress. I am adding, updating and re writing. There is much more to come. If you would like to be notified when new chapters and illustrations go on line, become a friend of Windmill 2040. See below.
You can help put this story out to a wider audience. 2040 is as much about what to do in real life NOW as it is a [dys/u]topian look at a possible future.
1] Please share the story with others. You are welcome to tell friends.
2] Clik here > Please provide a bit of info Where you are from, how did you find the story, please comment. Thanks much. Jan
3] Receive inside info about Windmill 2040. Become a Friend of Windmill 2040.
4] Would you like help proof read? Help make this important writing more effective in its educational capacity and accessible to a wider audience.
Please ask me about linking to Windmill 2040 from other web sites. Please contact me. Thanks!
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Windmill 2040
Thanks to the gut wrenching decision to close the borders in 2024, Oregon, Washington State and British Columbia have become known as Cascadia. By 2040, Cascadia's population is a fifth of what it was BT, Before Transition. The rest of the former United States did not fare so well. Many of Cascadia's and Eugene's neighborhoods are overgrown by vegetation, some have been salvaged for materials while others are thriving, in a Cascadian kind of way.
Cascadia feels peaceful, secure and optimistic; thanks, ironically, to a heavily fortified eastern and southern border. The comparatively successful Transition in Cascadia was made possible by a secret agreement at the highest levels of government back in 2024. How this all came about is an engaging story with lessons for the present.
Imagine having a unique vantage point for a close look into Windmill Co-op, Eugene and Cascadia, 2040. Elder Naj will show you where he lives, explain how Cascadia come into being, what is the emerging new culture of Cascadia and who lives there. Elder Jan will also recount the actions at home and in the neighborhood taken 30 and 40 years before, that turned out to be critical for surviving the Transition.
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Table of Contents, Windmill Co-op, 2040
Chapter 1 - Newbies
Breakfast at Windmill Co-op, Elder Naj meets the Newbies.
Chapter 2 - The Garden Center
Near Windmill Co-op, the Neighborhood Garden Center, Kids Visit
Chapter 3 - Meeting in the Dome
The Dome, Escape from Dallas, A "huddle", Full agenda
Chapter 4 - The New Cluster
The new cluster - intrigue and stories to tell.
Chapter 5 - The Horse Trolley and Suburbia
The horse trolley, Newbies at City Hall, Suburbia, Opposition?
Chapter 6 - Urban Land Use