Turning 21 in the Anthropocene
An invitation for young people to participate in their future.
economic contraction
A Field Guide to Negative Progress
In an age of contraction and decline—or, shall we say, negative expansion?—most dependencies are problematic, and some are lethal.
The Problem of Debt as We Reach Oil Limits
Many readers have asked me to explain debt. They also ask: Why can’t we just cancel debt and start over? if we are reaching oil limits, and these limits threaten to destabilize the system.
Peak Oil and the socio-economic impact of depleting fossil fuel resources
Progressive Radio’s Gary Null talks peak oil, climate change, economy, culture, policy and much more with Kurt Cobb and Nate Hagens.
Crash on Demand: Welcome to the Brown Tech Future
Permaculture teaching and activism have always aimed to work with those already interested in changing their lives, land and communities for the better, rather than proselytising the disinterested majority.
Economic Descent, hopefully with Skillful Means
In case I don’t use sufficiently ‘skillful means,’ please let me begin with stating: I am not advocating for intentionally creating an economic crash.
Stabbing the beast
The two civilisation destroying situations we face are peak oil and climate change.
What’s the Connection Between Foster Care and the Ecological Stuff?
The fact that we can’t make professional institutions that duplicate the functions of family suggest that there is something about families that cannot be marketed, sold, professionalized or made into cookie cutter product…
The Social Importance of Energy Return
This is a brief article articulating why the idea of energy return, typically applied to the manufacture of fuels, has broad social relevance.
Broke, crowded & hot: Top 3 reasons to flee big cities
It’s a staple of summer disaster flicks: the scene of a panicked populace trying to get the hell out of Dodge.
The real reason the economy is broken (and will stay that way)
We are far enough and deep enough into the most heroic monetary and fiscal efforts ever undertaken to finally ask, why aren’t these measures working? Or at least we should be. Oddly, many in DC, on Wall Street, and the Federal Reserve continue to steadfastly refuse to include anything in their approaches and frameworks other than "more of the same."
It’s not the economy vs the environment
What to make of the mixed message in Sunday’s New York Times op-ed by David Leonhardt? Dispelling the prevalent and stubborn myth that environmental measures are a drag on economic recovery is critical to efforts to gain public and political support. Leonhardt attempts to help, but misses some of the most important points.