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May 2, 2013
by Trinica Sampson, Resilience.org
On Tuesday, April 16, the Worldwatch Institute held its seventeenth annual State of the World Symposium to launch its latest book, State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible? As contributors to the book, Pat Murphy and Faith Morgan were invited to attend the event, where Pat spoke …
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Apr 23, 2013
by Alexandra Paul, The Daly News
Speaking out about human overpopulation is not an easy thing, as I have been told that people get offended.
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Apr 22, 2013
by Mary Logan, A prosperous way down
What is the relationship between social justice and resource sustainability? Many authors have tackled this subject from many directions, including Illich (1973), and O’Riordan (1976). In the developed world, freedom includes emancipation from nature, where freedom does not occur until we …
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Apr 1, 2013
by Neil Comley, Open Democracy
Aaron Peters and Tony Curzon Price, in their important exchange about workfare, both seem to accept a basically techno-utopian view of the future of hyper-automation. But this view ignores two crucial factors which make the fundamental picture much less rosy: the environmental constraint and …
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Feb 14, 2013
by Tom O'Brien, From Alpha to Omega
This weeks guest is Ugo Bardi, Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Florence. He specialises in resource depletion, system dynamics modeling, climate science and renewable energy. He is also a member of the scientific committee of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and …
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Jan 30, 2013
by Kjell Aleklett, Aleklett'sEnergy Mix
During the past week the future of the world economy has been discussed in Davos, Switzerland. Below, I think it is appropriate to quote Christine Lagarde, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In her speech of 23 January she presented the following viewpoint: "The …
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Jan 16, 2013
by Mary Logan, A prosperous way down
For those of us who live in countries where we use many fossil fuels, we have been shielded from the consequences of living badly. But that age is ending. Now that the Mayan Baktun 13 calendar has passed, we begin the era of the Gaian calendar. We “will eventually have to reduce either our …
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Jan 15, 2013
by Patrick Noble, Feasta
Once upon a time we nomads settled down and created agriculture. The efficiencies of that agriculture released labour for both trade and the trades which in turn evolved centres of production and consumption which we know as rural villages, harbour towns and market towns. I’ll leave aside …
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Jan 15, 2013
by Alex Smith, Richard Heinberg
, Radio Ecoshock
Endless growth is a delusion with consequences...The spiral of climate change, peak energy, and economic crisis, with author Richard Heinberg. Fresh interview on giant new book "Energy: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth". Followed by speech to Chicago Bioneers …
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Dec 12, 2012
by Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute
When empires crumble, as they always do, the result is often a free-for-all among previous subject nations and potential rivals as they sort out power relations.
