Light Posting from 18th November to 8th December
By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
Due to editorial holiday, there will be light posting from 18th November to 8th December. Regular posting will resume on 9th December.
Economy of Things
By Seth Moser-Katz, Justin Ritchie, The Extraenvironmentalist
Though we often think the modern culture of consumerism is an export from United States and a product of capitalism, people long before today’s era were enjoying the benefit of soft shoes, beautiful cloth and exceptional goods.
Rocking the Google Bus
By Justin Ritchie, Seth Moser-Katz, The Extraenvironmentalist
Companies like Twitter can make billions of dollars in revenue while providing a widely used service and still be considered a financial failure.
Decrypting Cryptocurrency
By Justin Ritchie, Seth Moser-Katz, The Extraenvironmentalist
Do digital currencies like Bitcoin have the ability to change the global economic order?
Age of Stagnation
By Justin Ritchie, Seth Moser-Katz, The Extraenvironmentalist
Can the factors creating a slower growth world find open discussion in time to avoid severe social strife?
Missing Out
By Justin Ritchie, Seth Moser-Katz, The Extraenvironmentalist
Can we develop a healthy relationship with modern digital technologies by thinking about what it really means to be human?
Slow Money: Land, Local and Language
By Justin Ritchie, Seth Moser-Katz, The Extraenvironmentalist
We first hear from a panel with poet, farmer and author Wendell Berry, Maine Representative Chellie Pingree and Louisville, KY Mayor Greg Fischer. Then, a session on culture covers how our society is shaped by expectations and approaches to food. Our final piece from the conference features Douglas Gayeton discussing the Lexicon of Sustainability.
Slow Money: Food
By Justin Ritchie, Seth Moser-Katz, The Extraenvironmentalist
Extraenvironmentalist #85 focuses on the topic of GMOs in the second of our three part series from the 2014 Slow Money Gathering.
Falling Empires
By Justin Ritchie, Seth Moser-Katz, The Extraenvironmentalist
John Michael Greer returns in Extraenvironmentalist #81. Then,Chris Martenson joins us to discuss his work in communicating difficult information to people who don’t want to believe it.