The climate trials of the 21st century have begun
The question in these trials is straightforward: Do governments and corporations have an obligation to protect the habitability of the Earth’s climate for human populations?
Kurt Cobb
2016 Shale Gas Reality Check
After closely reviewing the AEO2016, David Hughes raises some urgent questions about EIA’s U.S. shale gas forecasts…
For Homeless in Santa Cruz, CA, Garden Project Offers Hope, Stability, and Jobs
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Community Currency Classroom
Today there are compelling echos drawing social, environmental and spiritual movements into shared fields of understanding and activism.
Why the Peak Oil Movement Failed
I’m sorry to say that the phrase “peak oil,” familiar and convenient as it is, probably has to go.
Drowning the World in Oil
Scroll through Donald Trump’s campaign promises or listen to his speeches and you could easily conclude that his energy policy consists of little more than a wish list drawn up by the major fossil fuel companies…
How to Convince Your Neighbors Climate Change Is Real? Stop Calling Them Idiots, Says DeSmog Founder Jim Hoggan
Clean coal.” “Ethical oil.” How could fossil fuels that produce pollution which sickens, kills, and hospitalizes tens of thousands of Americans each year end up sounding so … desirable?
2016 Tight Oil Reality Check
Hughes’ recent findings point to not only increasingly overstated forecasts by the EIA, but also increasingly volatile assessments – both of which are highly troubling.
Is Being “Punk as F*ck” Really Where it’s At?
If we have to be “punk as f*ck” to be part of this revolution, then many people I know doing phenomenal things wouldn’t be able to take part. And that’s a shame.
Testing a Different(iation) Approach to Permaculture Design Process – Part Two: An Example
Carrying on from the previous post, here we share an experimental example of permaculture design when conducted explicitly as a process of differentiating a pre-existing whole into parts.
Resilient Las Vegas?
The ability to band together to take collective action for the common good is a key to resilience in human systems.
Tapping the Power of Place to Keep Us All Healthy
One number stands above all others as the best indicator of good health. It’s not your blood pressure, cholesterol level, average daily calories or even the age at which your grandparents die. It’s your zip code. This fact has sent shockwaves across the county. The chief aspiration of American democracy is that everyone deserves an … Read more
