Settlers and Nomads

We’re currently working on a book about Settlers and Nomads. It’s our experience that there are two types of person in this world, those who think and live within a single comfortable culture and those that like to experience and enjoy other cultures. At times of change, like the world is in now, those changes cause … Read more

Natural Resources

There are some community natural resources that get damaged by commercial activities. An example of this would be river systems. BXI are investigating if they should be seen as a community resource because any changes to them will affect the entire community. Over the last few decades, the co-operative movement has made significant steps towards … Read more

Life Expectancy

It is commonly believed that people are living longer and that this puts an extra strain on communities. The average age of death in different societies has certainly increased. However, it may be that rather than people living longer less people are dying young. This would affect the average age of death while not actually … Read more