Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
At one time I decided to give greed a chance, immerse myself in it by devoting all of my waking hours to the study of money. If bankers and I were sharing the same floor of Hell, such an obsession couldn’t be all bad. Maybe Hell just needed a makeover. We could spruce it up, refinance it, remodel…


Final chapter posted in Chris Martenson’s “Crash Course”
Financial permaculture goes viral
Apocalypse, Not! (permaculturalist Toby Hemenway)
Pieces of advice for the new paupers
Hard times have some flirting with survivalism
Date Local: The case against long-distance relationships
Eat local, get laid
George Monbiot on air travel and Love Miles
On the Spot
Sustainable Energy Transition
Society’s downward spiral must play out first
Speculation: Inept Idiots or Wise Fools
Thesis on peak oil and potential solutions
Transition Towns: Ecotopia Emerging?
Economic crisis indicates critical need for relocalization
The benefits of eating local, seasonal, organic food; where to find local food sources; and what to do if you don’t have a local food resource in your area.
Weaving the magic number, 350, into Transition
US climate change activists go on trial
Methane hydrates: Energy’s most dangerous game
Climate change and wildfires
Formerly an academic in early modern literature, Sharon Astyk has brought to peak oil the much needed female perspective. And what does that look like? Think Vandana Shiva meets Barbara Kingsolver meets the Tightwad Gazette. … She brings to the peak oil community a different quality of discourse. It robs it of the thrill of big solutions, of high tech wonders or policies imparted by government decree.
Transforming England’s towns into green and pleasant land
McKibben on Friedman: Green Fantasia
US peak oil conference – last chance for early registration
10 Paths and More to Green Citizenry
The Transition Network Structure Document is Finished!!
Breaking down fences makes good neighbors
Carolyn Baker reviews Sharon Astyk’s Depletion And Abundance
“When I realized that everything was going to change, I was at first afraid. Because I thought, if my government or public policy or other choices weren’t going to fix everything, what could I possibly do? What hope was there, if I had to take care of myself, if my community had to take care of itself?”
Farmer in Chief
Record numbers of people are looking for food
Marijuana cartels polluting California
