BP Data Suggests We Are Reaching Peak Energy Demand
The real situation is that we right now seem to be reaching peak energy demand through low commodity prices. I see evidence of this in the historical energy data recently updated by BP…
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How America Became an Oligarchy
According to a new study from Princeton University, American democracy no longer exists.
Questions We Should Have Asked about Technology
It is surely time to start exploring and outlining the ingredients of something new and relevant that starts with and is bound by respect for nature, its limits, and its wildlife, as well as people.
On Earth Day, an Economics for People and Planet
Much has changed since the first Earth Day in 1970. Not only have our ecological crises come into sharper focus, it has also become obvious that we need to rescue not just the Earth, but also its people from the clutches of an economy gone mad.
Phyles and the new communalism
An illustrated history of the biggest changes in our time: the globalization of the small and the reemergence of empowered communities.
Keeping local communities alive
Globalization is a doomed venture in the face of more and more expensive energy costs, unfortunately before it falls apart it may destroy the local communities which will be the base of any alternative arrangements.
Gold and the beast: a brief history of the Roman conquest of Dacia
The beast of prey that, today, we call "Globalization" is facing the same problem that the old Roman Empire was facing in its times…
Local Alternatives to Globalized Development: A View from India
Ashish Kothari provides a sobering account of the social and environmental impacts of globalized development in India and highlights a diverse range of localist alternatives taking place in communities throughout India.
The Coffee Grower’s Paradox
Do climate change adaptation programs just shift climate vulnerability?
The warming Arctic, a hyper strategic crisis
Because of climate change, the Arctic is warming and melting…However, basically, this new geophysical situation is triggering what is the mother of all strategic crisis: the long planetary hyper strategic crisis.
TPP: Poison for Community Resilience
Want to label GM foods? Sorry, that’s a barrier to trade. Want local schools to buy healthy food from local farmers? Nope, that might violate the rights of Big Ag. Want to protect a forest? Stand aside, you’re in the way of profits.
Outsourcing Pollution and Energy-Intensive Production
Globalization has largely been seen in the context of the outsourcing of information technologies. But the larger outsourcing that globalization is leading to is the outsourcing of pollution and the energy-intensive production of goods.