Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
The Peakist
Book review: Future Scenarios by David Holmgren
In Review: The Road to Sustainability
Towards a New Sustainable Economy – Robert Costanza
LEARN: An Acronym to Avoid Societal Collapse
Energy Descent, and A World Without Property
A Farm for the Future
Planning for peak oil
Why the foodie press needs to do better work on seafood
Most Americans are dis-connected from everything essential for survival. We have lost meaningful connections with the sources of our water, food, shelter, clothing, with our fellow humans in community, with those we love, with The Mystery of Life. No wonder we feel dis-eased!
As the globalized economy withers – never to return in its present form in my view – we are bereft of that dense network of local shopowners, brokers of all kinds of goods, hometown bankers, small equipment repairmen who can restore broken goods to useful work and so many others whom we will be needing in the future that is now unfolding.
I call the project “Indigeny” – that is, becoming local to your place, creating a culture that can go on, not just ’a bit after the fossil fuels run out” but for generations, and one that results in a life worth having. Without this, we are merely minimizing losses – and all of us need more than that.
Innovating for a low-carbon age
Minimalist living in Silicon Valley
Jason Bradford: Household and community food security
Maggots as good as gel in leg ulcer treatments
Reuse stores make use of refuse
A weekly review from a UK perspective.
Organic price tags may be hard to swallow
Doomer Dinner Party – Challenge
How Might We Be Fed? Part Two
Sprouting is a great way to produce some of your own food. If you have access to some clean jars, lids with screens, clean water, and appropriate seeds, you can raise your own sprouts.
Many discussions of preserving information for the deindustrial future focus on the internet and other high-tech options. A step or two down the technological ladder offers options that are much more likely to find their way from discussion into reality.
Religious communities are going to have a large and powerful role in the future – one that ideally, we’d begin shaping and preparing for today. This is one of the reasons I’m never so delighted as when I’m asked to talk to religious communities – because in many ways, I think that they provide an existing infrastructure that is potentially powerfully adaptable to the life we will be living.
What does Sustainability Mean for Energy?
The Earth’s Moment, Unveiled
Successful relocalization means that you stop growing…
