Resilience Reflections with Sandra Postel
Don’t forget to enjoy the world, even as you’re trying to change it for the better.
building resilience
‘Epic Fail’: Feminism and Ecological Crises
Homo sapiens’ domination of Earth is coming to an end, not in some imagined science-fiction future but as the result of today’s processes of resource extraction and waste generation.
The Mariner’s Rule
One of the things my readers ask me most often, in response to this blog’s exploration of the ongoing decline and impending fall of modern industrial civilization, is what I suggest people ought to do about it all.
Crossroads on Global Infrastructure
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.
Atamai Village: An Experiment in Resilient Community
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
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”
"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
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
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
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.)
