Justin McAffee
Welcome! I’m Justin, an outdoor educator working on a curriculum of resilience skills, recognizing the modern world is teetering on unsustainable foundations, and that there may not be any politically feasible answers. My "collapse curriculum" is a robust guide for those who seek to not only revel in the splendor of the outdoors but also to be adeptly prepared for our unsteady future.
These skills represent a cultural paradigm shift. If we are ever going to have a society where we don’t rely on toxic industry, it will require that we have the skills, mutual aid and self-reliant culture to sustain us. If we want to really build this new culture, it needs its people to know these skills intimately. I hope that’s why you’ll join me in working on creating this culture together.
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Justin McAffee
Aye, friends, I’ve just returned from a journey through Scotland… my first, and likely last, international flight experience (oh the humanity!). We went to celebrate my parents’ fiftieth anniversary and to walk the hills and glens of my namesake’s ancestral homeland. The landscapes were hauntingly old, full of stone and story, and they stirred more than one hard conversation with my family about what it all means. This chapter, from my upcoming book Ten Myths of Progress, grapples with one of the biggest myths I hear all the time… that everything we see around us from civilization, industry to empire, was bound to happen. That human nature itself guarantees expansion, domination, and exploitation. That nothing else was ever possible. READ MORE: open.substack.com/pub/collapsecurriculum/p/the-myt…
But is that really true? Or is inevitability just another story we’ve been told?
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Does this mean I’m a real patriot now? Lol
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This moment, this searing testament to industrial civilization's voracity, is not a milestone but a tombstone, marking the grave of the countless lives and systems it's pushed past the brink. For decades, warnings have been cascaded down by those witnessing the carnage wrought by this insatiable beast we call progress, yet here we are, witnesses to the year the Earth ran a fever of 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial levels. A fever not of natural causes but induced by the relentless burning of fossil fuels, the evisceration of forests, and the voracious appetite for consumption that defines this era of industrial frenzy.
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Golly, I just can’t help feeling lucky to live in the Mojave Desert. We may not have the big forests or the biomass of other amazing places, but what we have it totally unique and amazing. Cholla, barrel, beaver tail cactus blooming alongside the creosote. #spring is an amazing time in the desert!
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Crazy situation at Lake Mead. It’s 75% empty. I have a new short film about Las Vegas growth and sprawl, despite these limits on water, and the threat to habitat from a massive giveaway of our #publiclands to developers. It’s called “Gambling On Vegas.” Premieres on my channel tomorrow. Check out the teaser.
youtube.com/shorts/Ei9SWQDWxh...
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Posted slightly late this week... it took way longer to upload 4k video than HD. This week's adventure was my first stealth camping experience, and I don't think it could have gone better. It added a little drama to the mix, and I got to talk about the legendary actress, Clara Bow, whose desert home I stealth camped next to. Check out some pics. Hope you get a chance to watch --> https://youtu.be/ERGe4jik4mA
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Camping in a cave means amazing views of the stars. Video is posted on the channel. Hope you enjoy the adventure! https://youtu.be/kJQbbT-0Ydw
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Camping in a cave tonight with a great view. Video on Thursday!
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So much rain in the Mojave, it’s been so green! Just went camping and made a video. Most recent on the channel. Would you give it a like? We need some engagement to get some views. Thanks
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Get out on the land and enjoy your weekend!
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