Geopolitics – Dec 3
Iraq: The Thirteenth Hour
‘2025’ Report: A World of Resource Strife
Syria hit by double blow on oil prices and falling supplies
Overshoot
Culture Shift – Dec 3
Outside Agitator: Naomi Klein and the New New Left
How McDonald’s finally got green
Millennials: are you mad enough yet?
Water – Nov 26
One-third of China’s Yellow river ‘unfit for drinking or agriculture’
Water in the Middle East: Plugging the supply gap
Experts call for end of flushing toilets on World Toilet Day
Geopolitics – Nov 21
U.S. intel office adds warming to warnings
Director of National Intelligence: Conflicts over resources (PDF)
Germany’s Courting of Oil-Rich Turkmenistan Prompts Criticism
Europe joins international contest for Arctic’s resources
Biofuels – Nov 21
Right to eat comes before fuel, Swiss minister says
South Korean company takes over part of Madagascar to grow biofuels
Cutting Emissions in Rural China
Trickle down – Nov 21
It was our national pastime – but now shopping is just so over
Many Brisconnections shareholders facing financial ruin (confluence of energy and financial crises)
The animals and plants we cannot live without
Deep Thought – Nov 18
Economics blind spot is a disaster for the planet
Ecological Crises and the Agrarian Question in World-Historical Perspective
Abdicating the “A” word, frantically fighting for the familiar
Deep Thought – Nov 13
New website for Prof. Al Bartlett
Fourth Shell Dialogues Webchat ”Communicating Sustainability”Scientific Community Called Upon To Resolve Debate On ‘Net Energy’ Once And For All
Reducing consumption key to a sustainable future
The forecasts of global ecological and economic collapse by mid-century contained in the controversial 1972 book The Limits to Growth, are still ‘on-track’ according to new CSIRO research.
Deep Thought – Nov 12
A climate change conversion
Dmitry Orlov’s “Reinventing Collapse”: Thom Hartmann ‘Independent Thinker’ Review
Ecology and the Transition from Capitalism to Socialism
The Five Stages of Collapse
The talk you are about to hear is the result of a lengthy process on my part. My specialty is in thinking about and, unfortunately, predicting collapse. My method is based on comparison: I watched the Soviet Union collapse, and, since I am also familiar with the details of the situation in the United States, I can make comparisons between these two failed superpowers.
I was born and grew up in Russia, and I traveled back to Russia repeatedly between the late 80s and mid-90s. This allowed me to gain a solid understanding of the dynamics of the collapse process as it unfolded there.
“The Long Descent” by John Michael Greer: Coming up short on reality?
Throughout the Peak Oil and collapse of civilization milieu, much speculation abounds regarding the speed with which collapse might occur. Some theorists insist or imply that the descent will be rapid and dramatic while others argue for a more “slow burn” scenario, less dramatic and more stair-step-like in progression. The tone of proponents of acute collapse reverberates with urgency while the tone of authors who perceive collapse as occurring in a more protracted fashion is notable for its moderation and skepticism of the rapid descent theory.
