Closing the ‘Collapse Gap’: the USSR was better prepared for collapse than the US

My talk tonight is about the lack of collapse-preparedness here in the United States. I will compare it with the situation in the Soviet Union, prior to its collapse.I watched the Soviet Union collapse, and I have tried to put my observations into a concise message. I will leave it up to you to decide just how urgent a message it is.

Building a Resilient and Equitable Bay Area

In the face of manufacturing job losses, the looming peak oil crisis, and greater economic insecurity we believe there is over-whelming public support for all nine Bay Area counties and their cities to work together with business and community leaders to devise and implement an economic localization strategy through public governance and business sector initiatives.