Bob Banner

Society

Peak Ego and the Ego Descent Plan

It is logical to speak of peak ego, since cheap oil gave rise to affluence which in turn gave rise to more separation, separation in the meaning that affluence has offered us NOT to need each other the way tribal communities in the past did. Instead we have a lifestyle that separates us from the inherent wisdom of interdependence. When we have reached the ultimate separation perhaps we have reached peak ego. How much more ego can we have before the level of ‘happiness’ runs out?

November 29, 2009

Society

HopeDance special on localization

A community newspaper/website for California’s Central Coast devotes its Sept-Oct issue to localization, with articles by Rob Hopkins, Julian Darley and local authors.

September 18, 2008

Society

Preparing for the End of Oil?

Hopedance magazine devotes its Jan/Feb issue to “Transitioning from Cheap Oil to a Post-Carbon World.”

January 18, 2005

Society

The End of Oil and the Inevitable Road to Sustainability

Hopedance devotes its Nov/Dec issue to peak oil. In his Introduction, publisher Bob Banner writes: “Oil depletion takes everything to a different level….”

November 20, 2004

Interviews about Peak Oil and Solutions

Interviews with Richard Heinberg (The Party’s Over), Jan Lundberg (CultureChange) and William L. Seavey (Power Your Car WITHOUT Gasoline!!) and activist Sandi Brockway.

November 20, 2004

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