P.E.A.K. We Have Work To Do

By Asher Miller, Steve Lambert, Resilience.org

I usually hate this kind of thing...I did it because I’m excited about the world we can create.

IT’S TIME

By Tod Brilliant, Resilience.org

A Message about Post Carbon Institute’s newest creative project.

Humans and Earth: Transitioning from Teenagers to Adults as a Species

By Nate Hagens, Monkey Trap

I have concluded that facts are necessary but insufficient to change peoples behavior...

Introducing YOUR Public Energy Art Kit

By Leslie Moyer, Energy Reality (P.E.A.K.)

Our request is simple: we are asking YOU — activated citizens, community organizers, students, as well as anyone who cares about our future and our relationship to the natural world — to help us get the word out in a BIG way.

The Time of the Seedbearers

By John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report

I’ve more than once considered writing a fantasy novel about the fall of Atlantis as a way of talking about the crisis of our age.

Anger & Complicity in a Time of Limits

By Alexander Ač, David Korowicz, Resilience.org

As a species we’re very sensitive to intra-human drama, and in a time of growing crisis, tend to frame narratives as those who are with us and those against.

In Defence of Hypocrisy

By Adam Kingsmith, DeSmog Canada

We live in a society where it is impossible to live a functional lifestyle and not consume products made from petro-chemicals every single day...

Apocalypse Not: The Oscars, The Media And The Myth Of ‘Constant Repetition Of Doomsday Messages’ On Climate

By Joe Romm, Climate Progress

Since this was Oscar night, it seems appropriate to update my post on what messages the public are exposed to in popular culture and the media.

Learning from Captain Ahab – two stories of civilization

By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org

Chris Hedges and Greg Grandin both call on Melville's Moby-Dick to bring us commentary on the crisis of our civilization.

Effective Groups: Finding direction

By Nick Osborne, Transition Network

How do we decide where we want to go as a group? What is our vision as group and how does this fit with our purpose? What re some of the common problems with not knowing where we are going and how can we create a culture where we are all pulling together?

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Ecological Artist Basia Irland and Her “Ice Books” Engage Communities and Restore Rivers

By Sandra Postel, Basia Irland, National Geographic Newswatch

Basia Irland is a sculptor, poet, and installation artist who has focused her creativity on rivers for thirty years.

The Ideology Problem – Thomas Patterson’s Failed Technocratic Dream for Journalism

By Robert Jensen, Dissident Voice

For all the value of knowledge, it is of no use without the courage to face difficult realities.