Crossroads on Global Infrastructure
By Brent Blackwelder, The Daly News
Plans by the world’s most powerful countries are well underway to spend trillions of dollars for new mega-infrastructure projects to rejuvenate the global economy.
Tag: building resilience
Atamai Village: An Experiment in Resilient Community
By Jack Santa Barbara, Ken White, Resilience.org
Post Carbon Institute’s Associate Director Ken White recently visited Atamai Village, an evolving resilient community outside of Motueka, near the top of NZ’s South Island.
Digging Deep with Paul Hawken
By Alex Wise, Paul Hawken, Sea Change Radio
Paul Hawken on his path from civil rights activist to environmental champion to gardening guru, and what it will to take to make real social change.
David Holmgren: “I Haven’t Really Changed the Message”
By David MacLeod, Integral Permaculture
"I’m suggesting in my essay, the underlying thing is an appeal to those people to come and join us in the positive side where we’re going to create the world we do want, whether or not it leads to a larger scale positive change, or whether or not it contributes to a crash."
You Say You Want a Revolution
By David MacLeod, Integral Permaculture
Revolutionaries go beyond anger, protest, and opposition, and instead concentrate on involving people on a grassroots level with assuming responsibility for creating the values and infrastructures needed for a new society.
Climate After Growth: Why Environmentalists Must Embrace Post-Growth Economics & Community Resilience
By Asher Miller, Rob Hopkins, Post Carbon Institute
In this provocative paper, PCI Executive Director Asher Miller and Transition Movement Founder (and PCI Fellow) Rob Hopkins make a convincing case for why the environmental community must embrace post-growth economics and community resilience in their efforts to address the climate crisis.
Resilience: personal preparation
By Chris Martenson, Post Carbon Institute
My “standard of living” is a fraction of what it formerly was, but my quality of life has never been higher. We live in a house less than half the size of our former house, my beloved boat is gone, and we have a garden and chickens in the backyard. (Video and PDF of book chapter.)