The Mis-Taking of America
This is where the notion of the infinite or the limitless scale of the Americas comes in, a notion that appears repeatedly throughout Jefferson’s work…when in doubt, expand and grow.
Society
NYC Streets Metamorphosis
There’s nothing more dramatic than looking back five or ten years at Streetfilms footage (some of it a bit low-res) to see how much the livable streets landscape of New York City’s streets have changed.
2013: The Year Bike Sharing Came of Age
2013 is the year when the sharing economy—the recent rediscovery of the economic advantages of mutual cooperation—came to public attention. It was also the year that bike sharing, one of the most tangible symbols of the sharing economy, came of age in America.
The Song of the Snallygaster
I’ve noticed, over the past few years, a growing lack of enthusiasm in the formerly raucous festivities that once marked the end of one year and the beginning of another.
When cow love meets car love
For an anthropologist like myself raised on stories of the Nuer and Dinka (and the other tribes in the region), the latest news from the Sudan is jarring.
Stabbing the beast
The two civilisation destroying situations we face are peak oil and climate change.
Post Carbon Institute’s Top 10 Initiatives in Our First 10 Years
A decade of game-changing books, award-winning videos, hard-hitting reports, and trend-setting social media later, what stands out?
PatternDynamics: Following The Way Nature Organizes Itself to Deal with Complexity
What is unique about PatternDynamics is that it combines the patterns of nature with the power of language, to produce a sustainability pattern language.
Taking Action in a Decade of Change
A lot has changed over the last ten years. On September 26, 2003 — the day that Post Carbon Institute was given its official tax-exempt status by the IRS — the Cushing WTI Spot Price for a barrel of oil was $28.21.
A Christmas Speculation
Regular readers of this blog will be aware that I’ve spent most of the last year discussing the place of religion in the troubled future ahead of us. This holiday season, in which millions of Americans have just engaged in an all-out orgy of conspicuous consumption and mindless waste to celebrate the birth of a poor carpenter’s son in a stable in Bethlehem, also has me thinking about religious matters, and it occurs to me that there’s an issue along these lines that my blog posts haven’t yet explored.
Happy Holidays from Resilience.org!
It’s the end of another year, and all of us here at Resilience.org wish you and yours a delightful holiday season.
The Arc of Justice and the Long Run Hope, History, and Unpredictability
Whenever I look around me, I wonder what old things are about to bear fruit, what seemingly solid institutions might soon rupture, and what seeds we might now be planting whose harvest will come at some unpredictable moment in the future.
