The links below are background material for why we need a new paradigm for living as outlined in the Common Security Club. Some of these are from UU sources and speak to the advantages of community support. Some of them are other resources that speak to why now that the Panic of 2008 is behind us, and we are dealing with the realities of recession we can not just hope that things will return to normal - because of the "perfect storm" of global warming, overpopulation, and peak oil.

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