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Jan 16, 2013
by Terrence McNally, Lester Brown
, Terrence McNally podcast
In his newest book, Full Planet, Empty Plates, Lester Brown writes..."The U.S. Great Drought of 2012 has raised corn prices to the highest level in history. The world price of food, which has already doubled over the last decade, is slated to climb higher, ushering in a new wave of food …
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Jan 15, 2013
by John Thackara, Doors of Perception
Resilience – ‘the capacity to bounce back’ ... is a desirable condition. The trouble is that a lot of people perceive resilience...to be a new variety of risk management that gives them the opportunity to carry on with business-as-usual.
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Dec 21, 2012
by Pete Dronkers, Resilience.org
These days, people are maxed out on every level trying to get through life as everything gets more tedious, expensive, and uncertain. The onslaught of “glittering generalities” and opinionated political rhetoric coming from popular media and paid advertising on “both” …
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Dec 4, 2012
by Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute
In this essay, which will appear in five installments, I hope to explore some of the social implications of simplification and decentralization. Will wars and revolutions break out with ever-greater frequency?...Or will local food networks and Occupy groups positively transform society from the …
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Oct 26, 2012
by Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute
Enjoy this satirical look at the politics of energy by PCI Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg...At a hastily organized news conference, president Obama this morning called for a new national effort to restore America’s greatness by combating “entropy.”
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Oct 17, 2012
by Stuart Jeanne Bramhall, The Daily Censored
Growthbusters is the inspiring story of Dave Gardner’s efforts to challenge conservative Colorado Springs’ failed growth promotion policies. The film begins by focusing on the insanity of local councils cutting essential public services to “jump start” growth. However it also takes a broader …
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Oct 17, 2012
by Tom Murphy, Do the Math
Science is a phenomenal institution. Sometimes I can't believe we created this construct that works so incredibly well...Yet science seeks truth, and sometimes the truth is not what we want to hear.
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Oct 16, 2012
by Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute
Post Carbon Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg took his challenging and compelling messages on resilience, sustainability and a healthy future to Auckland, New Zealand. He asked and answered some of the most challenging questions we face today.
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Oct 15, 2012
by Stephen Hinton, A Very Beautiful Place
In early October, the eco-village, Änggärdet, Sweden, hosted two days of Live Action Role-Play (LARP) along the theme of life 2016-2027, post peak oil and post economic collapse. Players got the opportunity to explore what various scenarios would be like, including being commaned into a work …
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Oct 9, 2012
by Theo Alexander, Unsung Films
Unsung Films watched Mike Freedman’s Critical Mass this year when it screened at the Biografilm Festival in Bologna, Italy. On approaching the filmmaker with a short review of his documentary, we ended up with a great deal more: a 3000-word interview taking readers deep into the story of how …
