Reprinted from Reality Sandwich.
If you want to go fast, walk alone. If you want to go far, go together.
Whilst, like you, I’ve read many a tale of imminent ecological collapse, impending disaster, and fervent fear mongering within the pages of some of our more dubious dailies, I could never say I’d been “shaken to [...] Read more »
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An essay by Richard Heinberg of the Post Carbon Institute posted on The Oil Drum on how the current recession and economic troubles could be a symptom of a deeper crisis that will ultimately end economic growth forever:
This is a guest post by Richard Heinberg. Richard is a Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute [...] Read more »
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Posted in collapse, peak oil on Aug 5th, 2009 No Comments »
by Damien Perrotin, The view from Brittany blog.
It has been pointed out that collapses are hard on ruling classes. It is a fact that they are far more dependent upon the continued existence of a complex society than the average subsistence farmer and when the said complex society unravels, they tend to be brutally replaced [...] Read more »
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Definancialisation, Deglobalisation, Relocalisation
Another long but brilliant article, this time by Dmitry Orlov, reprinted from Club Orlov.
This talk was presented at The New Emergency Conference in Dublin, on June 11, 2009.
1. Good morning.
The title of this talk is a bit of a mouthful, but what I want to say can be summed up in simpler [...] Read more »
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I imagine there are people, those of us who care passionately about forests, oceans, wildlife, nature in all her magnificent glory, who have been recognising just how good for the planet the ‘global economic downturn’, as its being called, is. Richard Heinbergs latest Museletter post says what i suspect many of us have been [...] Read more »
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There is something problematic with advocating a 30-hour work week at the beginning of the 21st century: a 30 hour week is not short enough!
by Don Fitz, at climate and capitalism.
With millions of jobs lost during the first part of 2009, who is calling for a shorter work week to spread the work around? Not [...] Read more »
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Posted in collapse, peak oil on May 23rd, 2009 2 Comments »
The collapse of industrial civilization within the next five to ten
years (perhaps sooner) is inevitable. It is the degree of collapse,
what is destroyed in the collapse, how many people will have to die
in the collapse, and what will survive the collapse that I and many
others are fighting for now. That is what every human being [...] Read more »
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paper presented at the 20th Conference of North American and Cuban Philosophers and Social Scientists, Havana, June, 2008
by Joseph Tharamangalam, Centre for Global Justice.
Give us this day our daily bread. (The only prayer Jesus is reported to have taught his followers)
With all the authority of hindsight, it is important to analyze and criticize [...] Read more »
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Or: Is It “Mean” to Tell Someone Their House is on Fire?
You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place. – Gurdjieff
by Suzanne Duarte, at Culture Change.
Dearest Ones of Future Generations,
I thought you might find it interesting to hear what I’m observing of those people [...] Read more »
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