Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Heinberg: Don’t panic; prepare!
John Michael Greer interview
CNBC documentary Sept 24 “The Hunt for Black Gold”
The next big disruption: peak oil (CRM)
Where are Libya’s oil exports headed?
New documentary on PO and suburbia: “Sprawling From Grace”
Peak oil “wrong,” says Schwartz
UK report: Energy security ‘more important than climate change’
EU could halt energy demand growth, says study
Cheap thrills: Can you live on a pound a day?
Paul Ehrlich webcast: Has the “Population Bomb” finally exploded?
Waiting for the whirlwind (Palin & US culture)
One green baby
Boise group takes a “buy local” philosophy to another level
Aussie Web site urges moms to swap, not shop
Changing the world from home: the relocalization movement
The Gathering Inn: bed, breakfast, and beyond
Preparing for energy descent… A genuine, traditional village
I have argued elsewhere that our American way of life is not sustainable, and I have presented compelling evidence to demonstrate that America is on the verge of imminent societal collapse. The purpose of the following paper is to make the case that we — all Americans — through our distorted worldview and resulting dysfunctional resource utilization behavior, are responsible for our “predicament”, and that we lack the collective will to take meaningful action to mitigate its catastrophic consequences.
Reflections and visions
Parallel culture: The power of the consumer
Collapse of Wall Street precedes complete disintegration of system. About those “green jobs”
Looking at the situation from a historical perspective, we have been privileged to live in the world at a very unusual time – a time when oil was in abundance, and we were able to have conveniences that people a few generations ago wouldn’t even have dreamed of. We know that this must come to an end, and that gradually we will get back to a world more like it has been over the millions of years that people have walked the earth.
Collapse, for you, is likely to turn out to be a deeply personal experience. Furthermore, if you manage to survive it, chances are, you will be none to eager to divulge the details of how you made it, for they will not be edifying.
Can a young person risk going to college these days?
If you’re 18 and college-bound, you may be skilled at computers and driving a car; know how to take the second derivative of a quadratic equation in calculus and have learned about electron orbits in chemistry; and may be able to discuss Shakespeare and “To Kill a Mockingbird” intelligently. But do you know how to kill and dress a chicken, or find and prepare wild edible plants in every season, or keep a goat healthy so it produces milk and meat?
To be an Earth Pilgrim
Miraculous survivors: Why they live while others die
Evil: It’s the new good!
Gauging 21st century environmentalism
Cleared: Jury decides that threat of global warming justifies breaking the law
Nuclear is the real threat to the fuel-poor, not wind energy
How good an eco-driver are you? Regulator’s tips on careful motoring may save £500 a year
Why Not in America?
eBook Review: Simple Solar Homesteading (or How to Build a Solar Home For $2000)
Wherever I lay my hat (the rise of couch surfing)
