Act: Inspiration

Orangutans, Santa Suits, and Airplanes on Fire (Episode 1 of Crazy Town)

By Asher Miller, Rob Dietz, Jason Bradford, originally published by Resilience.org

March 15, 2019

Crazy Town

Asher Miller

Asher became the Executive Director of Post Carbon Institute in October 2008, after having served as the manager of our former Relocalization Network program. He’s worked in the nonprofit sector since 1996 in various capacities. Prior to joining Post Carbon Institute, Asher founded Climate Changers, an organization that inspires people to reduce their impact on the climate by focusing on simple and achievable actions anyone can take.

Tags: building resilient societies, climate change responses, Crazy Town, economic crisis, environmental crisis

Pillars of Creation photo from the Hubble Telescope

Pogo and I Walk Down a Dead End Lane Somewhere in the Laniakea Supercluster

By Phil Wilson, Resilience.org

As we – humanity, corporate civilization, the USA – flip over in a lethal tailspin, everything that radiates its cosmic beauty has been flourishing with overdrive.

November 21, 2024

Crossing the Minch, Outer Hebrides.

Ocean

By Charlotte Du Cann, The Red Tent

What happens when you leave your ordinary life behind and put your attention on the vast mysterious being that surrounds our  homelands in a time of disruption and loss?

November 21, 2024

horticulture

Envisioning a Livable Future

By Richard Heinberg, Resilience.org

Most big-think essays like this end on a note of inspiration and hope. For once, I’ll resist the temptation to go that route. Can we humans make ourselves useful to the rest of life? It’s an open question.

November 21, 2024