Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
The book opens with a “recipe” for collapse soup and notes that the United States has combined all of the ingredients. While Re-Inventing Collapse isn’t a fluffy, feel-good novel, it is tempered with delicious outbursts of Dmitry’s mischievous humor.
There Will Be Blood– dramatization of peak oil?
Renewal (religious environmental activism)
The Gleaners and I (extreme recycling)
A taxonomy of collapse. For those of us who have gone through the emotional stages of reconciling ourselves to the prospect of social and economic upheaval, it might be helpful to have a more precise terminology that goes beyond such emotionally charged phrases as the ever-popular “Collapse of Western Civilization.”
New Yorker: Big Foot (confusing morality and science)
I threw my fears to the wind (eco-activism and children)
Richard Smalley:
Imagine a world that’s energy-rich
David Ehrenfeld: Friendly fire
UN says world fisheries face collapse
Lancaster Farming speaks with Michael Pollan
Biologist tells how climate change affects agriculture
History is chock full of wars, the rise and fall of empires and of whole civilizations, ravaging plagues, breathtaking discoveries, vast migrations, world-changing inventions and cultural evolution. So, it is a puzzle why so much emphasis is now put on the supposed inevitable continuity of modern industrial life.
Eugene makes an interesting case-study of a mid-sized city confronting the triple threat of Peak Oil, climate change, and financial meltdown. The area seems the perfect fit for relocalization. On the other hand, there is a wide gap between adding buzz words to the city manager’s lexicon and actually changing business as usual. Food security is a good place to start. (In-depth interview with writer and activist Dan Armstrong, part 1)
It seemed inconceivable that the music of Ted Nugent, the Motor City Madman, and his rock group, “Damn Yankees,” could have cultural connections to old mother agriculture.
The homely and practical art of composting has implications that stretch far beyond its value as a way of maintaining soil fertility. Can it teach us to build societies less vulnerable to resource depletion and the hard realities of life on an unstable planet?
Stuart Staniford: Four billion cars in 2050?
Hydrogen-fuelled autos – no silver bullet
Ryanair: Oil prices could slash profits 50%
Well, Doctor, I have this recycling problem
Tantalising glimpses of resilience (Hunza)
Luz Girl of the Knowing (peak oil cartoon)
Food for body and soul
New models of shared leadership
Shock tactics (displaying electricity usage)
Carbon footprints: Daytona 500 wins the prize
Klima in Gefahr: Eine interaktive Grafik
Drought-stricken Georgia, eyeing Tennessee River, revives old border feud
Mexican-US border water shortage causes conflict
