Recommended Podcasts
This is a short “bonus” posting about some worthwhile podcasts I have been following lately that might be appreciated by Do the Math readers.
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An Environmental Activist’s Guide to the Great Barrington Declaration (retraction)
This post has been taken down at the request of Mr. Aaron Vandiver, who has communicated to us that there are several unsubstantiated statements about him in the article. In particular, he wants it made known that he has no association with any representatives of the fossil fuel industry and has never received any money from them in relation to any of his work or publications. The co-editors at Resilience.org apologise for any distress that may have arisen from the publication of this article and have thus retracted its publication.
Light posting December 22 through January 2
Seasonal greetings to all of our readers and contributors! We hope that you find the holiday season a time of rest and reflection through all of the tumultuous events of the passing year.
There will be light posting starting tomorrow, Friday 22 December, 2023, through 2nd January, 2024.
Writing A Guidebook For An Ecological Transition
Since late last year, I’ve been writing a book series that’s meant to help lay the groundwork for a full-scale response to our ecological crises by deepening our democracy.
And why is that desirable?
This is ultimately a post about values. More specifically, it presents a technique by which to get at people’s (or your own) values. Values are important, because they drive much of what we do:
Light Posting November 17th through December 6th, 2023
Due to editorial holiday, there will be light posting on Resilience.org from 17th November through 6th December, 2023. Regular posting will resume on 7th December, 2023.
Primer for Paradigm Shift
Paradigm shift means creating uplifting alternatives to capitalism and the consumer culture in every way possible. Those individuals and groups who are leading the charge are called upon to share what they are learning. This is not a time to be shy.
The miniaturization of death: How technology has tipped the balance away from state power
Violence is coming in smaller and smaller packages these days.
Graphite: A new energy economy resource is suddenly harder to get
More and more countries are becoming stingy about what natural resources they will ship abroad. That has implications for new energy economy products and industries.
How Community Energy Initiatives Can Be an Effective Tool for Degrowth
Financial resources, both local and international, should support decentralized, citizen/community-led initiatives rather than large-scale private renewable energy projects that do not align with degrowth principles. It is time to prioritize community and the environment over profit in the energy sector.
Living in a World-in-Crisis: Thinking Beyond Catastrophism. Part 1
Resilience here, then, is not the naïve faith in riding the storm and putting the world back together more or less as it was, issue by issue, but recognising the necessity to fundamentally reorganise and reorient human society in ways that can allow human flourishing and ecological sustainability in symbiotic and mutually supportive relations of reciprocity and regeneration – and in a multiplicity of ways.
An elegy in prose for Michael Dowd
Michael Dowd’s spirit left his body, in the wee hours of Saturday, October 7, pulling out the roots of him from thousands, tens of thousands, of people – me included.