At what point can we take the core values, such as operating a cash-free economy or maintaining social responsibility, and start integrating them into the areas we all live in now. I'm in the SF Bay Area, and I would love to see Buildingman take off here. It kind of has in a sense, but people are too distant, and too willing to disregard what they haven't the time to understand.

How can reach those people whose lives aren't well-suited for buildingman ideas? Ultimately, building a permaculture requires the engineering of powerful memes, and the emergence of a collective social entity. How can we bring this to the cities, where it's needed most?

These are all questions I've been asking myself in one form or another for about 10 years, though I don't think I understood it before this years burn. Sigh. So many people who'd rather save a buck than save a life.