Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Looking at the situation from a historical perspective, we have been privileged to live in the world at a very unusual time – a time when oil was in abundance, and we were able to have conveniences that people a few generations ago wouldn’t even have dreamed of. We know that this must come to an end, and that gradually we will get back to a world more like it has been over the millions of years that people have walked the earth.
Collapse, for you, is likely to turn out to be a deeply personal experience. Furthermore, if you manage to survive it, chances are, you will be none to eager to divulge the details of how you made it, for they will not be edifying.
Big break for ‘pay-as-you-drive’ auto insurance
Mapping a connected world
Sydney bus system heading for a crash
Kazakh oil: a war of nerves
Global warming threatens Asia-Pacific security, warns Australian PM
Fresh violence in Bolivia stokes civil war fears
Poison Fire interview (film about Nigerian oil)
Monbiot: protectionism makes you rich
To be an Earth Pilgrim
Miraculous survivors: Why they live while others die
Evil: It’s the new good!
Gauging 21st century environmentalism
Not so weedy now
Post Carbon Newsletter
Architecture 2030 E-News Bulletin
Clay Shirky on Self Organisation
ROCHESTER, Michigan – On Halloween weekend several hundred community activists, sustainability educators, and lifestyle change advocates will convene here at a three-day conference to learn about ways to cut their household energy use and create resilient, sustainable communities that will be able to weather the coming economic and ecological storms.
Reaching back beyond the 1970s: Relocalization
Urban surprise: More bicyclists means fewer accidents
Creating our own neighborhood – Bellingham Cohousing
With homeowner in doghouse, bobcats move in
Solar panels are hot for the stealing
Greek “Robin Hoods” steal at the store, give to the poor?
Blackouts force power-free surgery
The Take-Us (self-published book)
[In] much of the alternative/protest movement… we take up a position outside of mainstream culture, use language, dress codes, behaviour and forms of protest which at best bewilder and at worst enrage mainstream society, yet we expect them to see the error of their ways and the validity of ours and embark on a radical decarbonisation. What failed to come through in [these approaches] was any sense of humility, any sense that the answers might be found anywhere other than in their fondly held beliefs.
NY City: On the street – clear sailing(slideshow with audio)
Traffic stoppers: cities closing streets to cars
No traffic on a Saturday? Well, no cars, anyway
It seems to me that the world is growing steadily ruder. As we grow more and more stressed and less connected to those around us, we increasingly, it seems, have less time for civility. (Review of Talk to the Hand: the utterly bloody rudeness of everyday life (or six good reasons to stay home and bolt the door).)
