Building Community

Oil-aholics Anonymous: a 12-step program

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1. We became aware of the extent to which our present lifestyle is deeply dependent on non-renewable fossil fuels and that these will run out.

2. We came to believe that only by giving up fossil fuels and all the modes that require them, do we have the chance of long term sustainable survival and eventually to thrive in harmony with nature.

Michigan conference on peak oil & climate change May 30

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Richard Heinberg, Dr. David Goodstein, Megan Quinn Bachman, Julian Darley, Pat Murphy, Albert Bates, Sharon Astyk, Katie Alvord, Aaron Wissner, Randy White, Kurt Cobb and dozens of others tackle gasoline prices, food prices, mortgage rates and the future of the global economy at peak oil, climate change, and sustainability conference.

Review of Kunstler’s post-peak novel by a woman who has lived the life

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One thing about survivalism: it isn’t pretty but it can be fun if approached in the right frame of mind. Many people fear the possibility of survival in difficulties like we had. Yet they were not all that great a challenge if one felt strong of mind and body. I got up at 5 am to start the fires, bake the bread and feed the livestock before sending the boy and the husband out the door.