Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
In the task of waking humanity up to the plight of resource depletion, the market is not very helpful, even if it occasionally does give useful warning signs. It’s a bit like the broken clock that tells perfect time twice a day.
There are many emotional issues surrounding the care, and consumption of animals. Because they move, and breathe, and make noise, we can relate to all animals on a most basic level.
It seems to me that the world is growing steadily ruder. As we grow more and more stressed and less connected to those around us, we increasingly, it seems, have less time for civility. (Review of Talk to the Hand: the utterly bloody rudeness of everyday life (or six good reasons to stay home and bolt the door).)
The Internet writings of John Michael Greer—beyond any doubt the greatest peak oil historian in the English language—have finally made their way into print. Greer’s searingly perceptive blog entries on peak oil, which for the past several years have enjoyed a robust online following, have now been incorporated into a single bound volume from New Society Publishers titled The Long Descent.
Fuel prices drive cars off the roads
Safe in our cages
Rush for oil reaches Britain’s fields
We drive as we live
It is time for the US to sell its highways?
As Americans fill trains, frustration grows
The Myth of the Tragedy of the Commons (updated)
Against all the odds, the world is becoming a happier place
Lessons from Climate Camp
The fastest way to put the brakes on global heating (it’s not George Monbiot’s)
Cultivating a suburban foodshed (audio and video)
Talking directly, and kindly, to believers in the eco life – (profile of “Ask Umbra”)
Little Farm in the City(text and video)
Call to tackle UK business waste
Save your trash: An interview with Ari Derfel
Eric Lombardi’s zero waste park
In order to shed light on how Mexico’s oil decline will impact the nation, the present analysis focuses on how declining oil revenues will impact five core facets of Mexican society: 1) Social Progress 2) Economic Growth 3) Inequality 4) Political Stability 5) Migration.
As the collapse of civilization exacerbates and intensifies, the most well-intentioned and open-hearted human beings will make many mistakes. And at the same time, it is possible to become adept and wizened by warrior/elder principles that skillfully set limits and to adhere to them when it would be much easier to garner kudos from self and others for indiscriminate inclusivity. It is a delicate and daunting dance-sometimes ecstatic, sometimes excruciating. But regardless of its outcome, its pathway traverses nowhere near the land of “Whatever”.
The science of getting a ‘Yes’ (Audio)
Getting what you want: A Q&A with the authors of Yes!
The persuaders: Robert Cialdini and the science of persuasion
