Resilience

The Permablitz: Transforming Urban Homesteads in a Single Day

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:24:00 GMT

During a Permablitz, an army of volunteers, friends, and neighbors descend on a home and transform the yard (back, front, or both) into a food-growing wonderland.

The University Unbound: Transforming Higher Education

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:51:11 GMT

It is time to consider a redesign of the university system in a way that takes advantage of recent Internet technology developments and addresses some of the social and economic problems surrounding higher education.

Pink pants, red herrings and life’s work (or: More than my job’s worth, part 2)

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:47:28 GMT

Well, what if miracles can happen? Trying to help trigger one would be rather an adventure wouldn’t it? Come to think of it, miracles are happening all over the place, right now.

Shale gas, tight oil, and fracking - June 17

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:49:58 GMT

•Why America's Shale Oil Boom Could End Sooner Than You Think •Boulder and other Colorado cities try to fight fracking •First County In The U.S. Bans Fracking To Save Its Water •EIA: Shale Fields May Hold 10% of World's Crude Oil, 32% of Gas Resources

Hearing the call

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:01:00 GMT

If you’re reading this, then you are definitely already a member of the largest social movement of human history.

A Father's Day Message of Hope to My Son

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:12:00 GMT

You might ask: then why have children? It's a fair question.

Entropia: Life Beyond Industrial Civilisation

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:43:00 GMT

This book is a creative work of fiction – a ‘utopia of sufficiency’ – which brings to life a simple living community that became isolated on a small island after the collapse of industrial civilisation.

Energy transitions - June 14

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:57:00 GMT

•Community Solar Concept A Big Hit At Michigan Energy Fair •A Secret Success Story •Generating interest in homegrown power •Power to the people - and to their homes •Brittany villages blazing a trail in energy self-sufficiency •Four German words

The Craziest Person in the Room: Reflections on How a Mediocre White Guy Can Try to Be Useful

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:12:00 GMT

This high-energy/high-technology life of affluent societies is a dead end.

Fear and action

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:03:50 GMT

Fear. It's that chill that creeps up your spine. That awful, churning hot knot, deep in the pit of your stomach. The tremble that makes your hands feel powerless. The freeze-up, that tempts you to inaction.

Mexico protests Monsanto with a Carnival of Corn

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:14:00 GMT

The current generation of Mexican activists is looking for new strategies to fight for social justice, and the March Against Monsanto provided an opportunity to fuse tradition and innovation into the building blocks for a global food revolution.

Flight of the Butterflies

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:44:00 GMT

In many ways dystopias are easier to write than a realist fiction that can look at the awesome forces that are out of kilter on the earth.

The People's Design Lab – Taking the un-recyclable out of your bin

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:39:25 GMT

Even when you have done all you can to reduce, reuse and recycle items, there can be a frustrating amount of stuff still in your bin. The People’s Design Lab offers a new solution.

A Question of Values

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:19:00 GMT

The predictable response to any suggestion that the past might have anything useful to say about the future is - it’s different this time...

Exploring the role of elders in Transition

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:58:00 GMT

'Honoring the elders' is one of the key original ingredients of creating a Transition Town (or city, or village).

Towards a Post-Oil Civilization: Yasunization and other initiatives to leave fossil fuels in the soil - REPORT

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:04:00 GMT

Environmental justice organisations and networks (ERA, Acción Ecológica, Oilwatch) put forward the proposal to leave fossil fuels in the ground.

L.A. takes the high road

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:02:00 GMT

The capital of sprawl, gridlock, and ill-gotten water seeks redemption.

What permaculture isn’t — and is

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:37:00 GMT

Permaculture is notoriously hard to define.

Slumlord Nation

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:54:00 GMT

As any businessman can tell you, if your operation can’t afford routine maintenance of its productive assets, your operation is in deep trouble. What you’ve got then isn’t a business plan but a plan to be a parasite.

Corruption and privileges

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:52:00 GMT

As the amount of net energy available to the society shrinks, it becomes less and less able to both maintain its infrastructure and actually do things.

New video: ‘The Power of Just Doing Stuff

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:23:00 GMT

Here is a short promotional video for The Power of Just Doing Stuff which is published next week.

Trust is not an algorithm

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:17:00 GMT

By some accounts the world’s information is doubling every two years. This impressive if unprovable fact has got many people wondering: what to do with it?

COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CHATS: "Rebuilding the Foodshed" with Philip Ackerman-Leist and Asher Miller

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:28:00 GMT

Want to start a community-owned café, solar array, or investment fund but don’t know where to start? Join our Community Resilience Webinars.

Water – and Us – in the “Anthropocene”

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:03:00 GMT

The very notion of the Anthropocene encourages the risky belief that if we humans are now the dominant force of nature – the god species – then nature can’t hurt us.

Industrial Hemp: The Answer for a Greener Future

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:21:00 GMT

'Bringing It Home' tells the story of hemp’s past, present and future through interviews with hemp business leaders and entrepreneurs from all over the globe...