Abstract
This paper is part of a growing body of content under the New Economics banner. It incorporates an analysis based on research and new thinking around the need to reform our education policy and our economic thinking keeping self-sufficiency as a goal. It starts off with some philosophical questions on the meaning of life and highlights the ills of rampant consumerism. It encourages minimalist thinking towards personal gratification. It encourages introspection and spiritual exploration. It encourages a DIY culture and self-sufficiency. In this context, it talks of growing one’s own food using modern/intensive agricultural technologies that are DIY friendly. It also talks of building a house using earth and one’s own labour as a DIY project. It encourages treating self-sufficiency as a right. Towards this, it highlights the changes needed in education policy and economic policy, particularly with regards to agriculture and ruralisation, in the overall context of land-rich countries. The goals are self-sufficiency, sustainability and ultimately a deeper spirituality.
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