Inside My Canoehead Jeff - AKA Dr. D

Send us a Text Message.Jasper is but the latest example of the destruction caused by the intersection of a range of human decisions. We build in nature's backyard when fires are an essential part of the ecosystem. We hack the biodiversity of forests to achieve higher yields of profitable species, defeating nature's defence systems agains disease, rot and regulating healthy ecosystems. We choose not to employ known mitigation measures including significant firebreaks, building code regulations...

Send us a Text Message.Welcome to election chaos, another day in the interesting and if not amusing world of politics, watching the characters cleverly bend themselves and their message to remain relevant. Whether we're speaking of the change in US Presidential candidates, or the crevices in the European experiment, this week has been very popcorn worthy.We don't vote for preparedness, so the incentive for politicians to alter the expenditures in government is absent, leaving those responsibl...

Send us a Text Message.The failure of Microsoft Windows IT based systems as a result of a third part software update from Cloudstrike serves as a telling tale of preparedness. Who has been affected, to what degree and how is their recovery planning rolling out?Preparedness is the set of cognitive decisions and physical actions undertaken in times of peace that facilitate navigating chaos.We live in a modern, technologically enabled inter-connected society, facilitated by the provision of crit...

Send us a Text Message.To define a prepper we need a set of measurable variables, ones that should be grounded in evidence, or at the least be attributable to a known theoretical framework. The later is our pathway to the definition. Our research has led us away from personal and subjective announcements to an evolving framework. We begin with the fact that we live in a technologically enabled, interconnected modern society, where over time, at the macro level residents have traded responsibi...

Send us a Text Message.Traditional preparedness encompasses navigating incidents related to natural events, be that storms, earthquakes, floods or other natural hazards. This is the initial 20% of preparedness, once we consider economic, political, cultural and familial events, we discuss the next 80%.Economic pressures include high inflation, interest rates, rents, unemployment and a host of influences that are beyond your control, but have an impact on how you choose to live your life.How d...

Send us a Text Message.Season ten was our focus on practical preparedness, translating ideas, theories and concepts to physical and cognitive actions that will enable you to rock an credible life, while insulated from exogenous shock.From community preparedness, to designing a simple life, to navigating political chaos, preparedness creates the conditions for you and your family to pursue your dreams, despite the chaotic world around you. Whether that be economic shock, elections, natural dis...