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Ruin is forever (revisited): Why your death isn’t as bad as that of all humankind 

February 4, 2018February 4, 2018 by Kurt Cobb

Our actions have planet-wide consequences that we don’t fully understand.

Categories Environment, Society Tags climate change, collapse, gambling, GMO crops Leave a comment

A Taboo and a Talisman

December 15, 2020May 4, 2017 by Chris Smaje

So those who claim that Malthusian limits don’t apply to humans are effectively assigning our species the status of permanent evolutionary winners.

Categories Food & Water, Society Tags collapse, increasing population, limits to growth, sixth great extinction Leave a comment

On Surplus, Part 1

December 15, 2020June 8, 2016 by Erik Lindberg

These images represent not only what I lived as a child, they were additionally pounded into the crevices of my being by years simply of living in America, the land of high expectations… 

Categories Society Tags collapse, surplus Leave a comment

Deflationary Collapse Ahead?

December 15, 2020August 27, 2015 by Gail Tverberg

Both the stock market and oil prices have been plunging. Is this “just another cycle,” or is it something much worse? I think it is something much worse.

Categories Energy Tags collapse, deflation, financial collapse, low oil prices, recession Leave a comment

Climate change: can the Seneca effect save us?

December 15, 2020April 22, 2015 by Ugo Bardi

A Seneca shaped production curve would considerably reduce the amount of fossil carbon that can be burned in the future.

Categories Energy Tags climate change, collapse, energy limits, Hubbert Curve, peak oil, Resource Depletion, Seneca cliff Leave a comment

The Collapse phenomenon

December 15, 2020April 13, 2015 by Frank Kaminski

Michael Ruppert’s last book, first starring film role and ascendancy to the national stage in 2009

Categories Energy Tags collapse, peak oil Leave a comment

The Tao of the Apocalypse

December 15, 2020October 17, 2014 by Andy Russell

So even though post apocalyptic stories are my favorite ones to read and watch, it is the story of the Tao and a life lived in accordance with nature that I want to play a role in.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Society Tags apocalypse, building resilient communities, collapse, Taoism Leave a comment

Dark Age America: The collapse of political complexity

December 15, 2020October 9, 2014 by John Michael Greer

There is a lethal mismatch between the realities of power in an age of decline, and the institutional frameworks inherited from a previous age of ascent

Categories Society Tags American politics, collapse Leave a comment

Transcending Collapse

December 15, 2020July 3, 2014 by

I predict the lineages of people alive 1,000 years from now will count among their ancestors people who transcended today’s collapse mythology and got to the real work of self and community development, inner work and adaptation.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Society Tags building resilient communities, collapse, collapse of complex societies Leave a comment

Converging Energy Crises – And How our Current Situation Differs from the Past

December 15, 2020May 30, 2014 by Gail Tverberg

At the Age of Limits Conference, I gave a talk called Converging Crises, talking about the crises facing us as we reach energy limits. In this post, I discuss some highlights from a fairly long talk.

Categories Energy Tags Age of Limits Conference, collapse, Hubbert Curve, oil price Leave a comment

Review: Collapsing Consciously by Carolyn Baker

December 15, 2020February 28, 2014 by Dianne Monroe

Carolyn Baker writes with passion, insight and courage about a topic that most people turn away from – the emotional, psychological and spiritual aspect of what she and many others call “collapse.”

Categories Society Tags collapse, personal resilience Leave a comment

Apocalypses Everywhere

December 15, 2020February 26, 2014 by Ira Chernus

Let’s lift the lid off the A-word, take a peek inside, and examine how it affects our everyday lives.

Categories Society Tags apocalypse, collapse, environmental collapse, hope, nuclear meltdown, religion Leave a comment
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