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Hello, I have an off grid cabin that I would like to sell in Sweden. It's small and needs some work, but has some land attached to it and it's in the middle of a forest. The closest neighbour is 1 km away and there is a bus stop 2.2 kms away to a train station with connections to Gothenburg and Stockholm. The nearest lake is about 2 kms away. It's a very quiet place. We planned to fix it up and live there, but now we are leaving Sweden, so I would like to know if there is a website where people are looking for off grid cabins/houses. Thank you for any suggestions! :)

My mom sometimes sends my wife and I these little plastic confetti pieces in our birthday/holiday cards. I wish she wouldn't. They pretty much just fall on the floor and then I pick them up, but it wouldn't be very nice to tell her not to send them.

She sent some fall leaves along with the thanksgiving card this year, a pleasant surprise, especially because they're biodegradable. We put the leaves on the window ledge for decoration along with our pumpkins.

I have no use for these plastic things though, so I've decided I'm going to send them back to my mom with the next card rather than throw them away. Hopefully she will reuse them rather than buy new ones and we will send them back and fo

Hey everyone,

I've noticed on this subreddit that whenever there is a discussion about degrowth, it seems like a fair share of the people participating have a misunderstanding of what degrowth means. For example, I've noticed people interpreting degrowth as the collapse of civilization (I've redirected some to r/collapse), as economic recession, as depopulation, the destruction of cities, and as something that will just happen (without planning) [edit: for clarity, I'm arguing that these themes listed here are not degrowth and my definition for degrowth begins on the third paragraph]. Others have suggested that degrowth is not needed.

There is a growing number of literature in degrowth (

Hello everyone, I've been following the devastating war in Ukraine fairly closely and obviously destroying infrastructure and cities has caused enormous economic shrinkage. Economic advisors to the Ukrainian government will be suggesting ways to recover that massive loss via neoclassical economic principles and aim towards rapid economic growth. For example, as seen in this article here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/04/ukraine-must-revamp-labour-laws-and-step-up-privatisation-to-fix-economy. I think the EU is setting aside billions of euros for the reconstru

Hello Everyone, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post something like this, but I can't find a more suitable place on or off reddit (please point me in the right direction if you know of a better place). My partner and I are planning on starting an off-grid eco-farm/village with the aim of growing as much food as we can, also within close proximity to foraging forests where we will be able to find mushrooms and berries. We hope to be energy self sufficient and live a low consumption lifestyle.

We are looking to buy some arable land in the countryside in Sweden. Some of it may be restored to wilderness and the rest we can farm. We are looking for a minimum of 5,000 square metres, bu

Hello, I am wondering if there is a place that can provide advice on immigration to Sweden and business registration. My wife and I are self employed, we first went to register for our personal number soon after arriving, but didn't get a response for nearly 6 months. The response was that our application was incomplete because we had no evidence that we have a business.

Our case worker wasn't exactly sure if we qualified for F tax, but said we needed to register our business before we can get personal numbers. We were given only a couple days then to complete the registration and will have to start the process again, but now we are trying to register our business but it says a personal num

Hello, I am wondering if there is a place that can provide advice on immigration to Sweden and business registration. My wife and I are self employed, we first went to register for our personal number soon after arriving, but didn't get a response for nearly 6 months. The response was that our application was incomplete because we had no evidence that we have a business.

Our case worker wasn't exactly sure if we qualified for F tax, but said we needed to register our business before we can get personal numbers. We were given only a couple days then to complete the registration and will have to start the process again, but now we are trying to register our business but it says a personal nu

I finished reading Post-Growth Living by Kate Soper (2020) and thought I would share it here for people interesting in anti-consumerism. Soper argues that reducing consumption/working hours and embracing a slower pace of living would result in an increase in life quality (something she calls alternative hedonism). Our highly consumeristic behaviours are more of a reaction to time scarcity, and a general dissatisfaction with life, that comes along with the day to day rat race of modern capitalism and its related environmental and social degradation. I think it's an important book for the anti-consumption movement! If you're interested in reading it in pdf of epub, message me! :) Otherwise m

Hej allihopa! Jag har märkt att det har varit några klimatförändringsåtgärder i Göteborg under helgen och jag har läst några lokala åsikter om ämnet. Jag har upptäckt att vissa människor är ganska oroliga över klimatförändringarna medan andra inte verkar vara oroliga. Jag vill gräva lite mer i det här genom att fråga er Göteborgsrediter: Om ni är oroliga över klimatförändringarna, kan ni snälla dela med er av era tankar bakom er oro? Om du inte är orolig över klimatförändringarna, kan du förklara varför? Jag skulle också vilja veta dina idéer för klimatförändringslösningar och/eller vad du personligen gör för att ta itu med problemet eller vad du tycker att regeringar borde göra, om du känne

Hey everyone! I made a five song anti-car album. I don't know if these songs will really convince people to end the consumption and use of cars, but I hope they can help somehow towards this goal! The lyrics address some of the main environmental and social problems that come from building cities/regions for cars rather than people. The genre is anti-car (hehe), maybe kind of rock with a little folk and prog elements, but with an acoustic guitar and computer drums.

https://grahamjanz.bandcamp.com/album/one-billion-less-cars-please

Hello, I'm trying to find a shop that sells organic fertilizers in Gothenburg. Does any of you know of any? Or can I find fertilizers at the supermarkets? I need special fertilizer for orchids and then just a general fertilizer for the other plants. I know I could order them online, but I would prefer to go to a shop in the city. I'm living in a sublet apartment in Strömmensberg and the owner trusted us to take care of her plants and my partner and I don't want to let her down. I am only walking to get around, so I can't go too too far, but I'm willing to walk maybe 10 kms (I can also take the tram lol). Thank you in advanced for your help if you know of any place to get organic fertilizer!

Hello, I'm new to Sweden and living in Gothenburg. I would like to buy some postage stamps to send a birthday card to my grandma. She's turning 90 years old. I plan to go to the city centre on Monday, so if there is a place in the centre where I can get over the counter stamps, could you please let me know the name of the place? Thank you in advanced :)