# Chris Smaje's Vision of a Post-Collapse Eco-Localism that Works

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Podcast: [Frontiers of Commoning, with David Bollier](https://stenobird.com/podcast/frontiers-of-commoning-with-david-bollier-578846)
Published: 2025-10-01T04:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

What might the world look like if capitalist growth and carbon emissions continue, and modern civilization collapses? Chris Smaje, a small farmer and writer in England, extrapolates from existing trends to sketch a vision of post-capitalist social economies. His new book, 'Finding Lights in a Dark Age: Sharing Land, Work and Craft,' envisions a world that is largely rural, decentralized, and grounded in local ecosystems and self-reliance. The book is neither a doomer nor survivalist tract, but rather an intelligent, speculative inquiry into models of collective organization, bottom-up governance, and ethical belief that will shape "local livelihood communities." For more on the commons, go to www.Bollier.org.

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