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The Revolution Will Not Be “Green”
The Revolution Will Not Be “Green” A truly equitable and sustainable conservation movement must abandon both green capitalism and the idea of pristine nature Our planet is dying, and conservation as we know it isn’t helping. In fact, it’s making things worse. Long imagined as a bulwark against ecological destruction, players in the mainstream conservation […]
THE GREEN ELECTRIC CAR MYTH: 772 Pounds Of Petro-Chemical Plastics In Each Vehicle
THE GREEN ELECTRIC CAR MYTH: 772 Pounds Of Petro-Chemical Plastics In Each Vehicle How can an electric car be called “Green” when it contains more than 700 pounds of plastic?? Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers are using more plastic to lower the weight of the car due to the massive battery used, weighing more than 1,000 […]
It’s the preppers who are laughing now
It’s the preppers who are laughing now Since the crash of 2008 much has been made of the fact that the world did not end or the sky fall in on us – unless of course you are one of the people who have been touched by bankruptcy, homelessness, addiction or even suicide as a […]
Too Much Faith in Models
Too Much Faith in Models Source: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Between 2 million and 3 million Americans will die! That was the prediction from “experts” at London’s Imperial College when COVID-19 began. They did also say if there was “social distancing of the whole population,” the death toll could be cut in half, but 1.1 million to 1.46 million […]
As warming approaches 1.5°C, talk of a carbon budget for the Paris targets is delusional
As warming approaches 1.5°C, talk of a carbon budget for the Paris targets is delusional There’s a lot of delusional talk about how much “carbon budget” (or new emissions) are allowable that would still keep global heating to the Paris target of 1.5 degrees Celsius (°C). The reality is that over the last year, global […]
Business-as-usual porn – or, We need to talk about collapse
Business-as-usual porn – or, We need to talk about collapse I think we need to talk openly and calmly about the possibility of societal or civilizational collapse arising from humanity’s present predicaments. And that’s mostly what I want to pursue in this post – not so much what the likelihood or the underlying mechanisms of […]
Cogs in the climate machine
Cogs in the climate machine A short course in planetary time, for planetary survival This is less of a blog post, and more of a howl. The planetary climate clock, in human time Let’s start by some human and planetary timescales. I don’t know why we don’t learn them in grade school (I never learned […]
Redesigning the World – The Great Reset
Redesigning the World – The Great Reset COMMENT: Melbourne is getting locked down again. 5 million people on lockdown for 6 weeks at least! People will only be allowed to leave home to go to work (if they can’t work online), grocery shopping, or for medical reasons.All because of 191 alleged virus cases. Catalunya is now […]
7 Inexpensive Ways To Cool Off Without Air Conditioning!
7 Inexpensive Ways To Cool Off Without Air Conditioning! With the hottest days of summer quickly approaching for most of us, it’s important to know how to stay cool, especially when you’re working outside and doing those homestead chores. It’s really easy to get hot but here are a few inexpensive ways to stay cool […]
Cracks in the supply chain: Is metastable turning into unstable?
Cracks in the supply chain: Is metastable turning into unstable? You who are reading this sentence are metastable systems. So, is the biosphere, and so is all of human society. A metastable system is one that remains stable so long as the inputs necessary to maintain its stability are available. For humans this includes food […]
Extreme ‘Heat Dome’ to Fry U.S. With Record Temperatures from 90F to 121F for Several Weeks
Extreme ‘Heat Dome’ to Fry U.S. With Record Temperatures from 90F to 121F for Several Weeks It appears that a sizzling “heat dome” will be frying most of the continental United States for several weeks starting this weekend. (TMU) – It was only to be expected that in an already brutal year, the summer of 2020 […]
As coronavirus surges in Hong Kong, mysterious pneumonia hits Kazakhstan – is this a new pandemic?
As coronavirus surges in Hong Kong, mysterious pneumonia hits Kazakhstan – is this a new pandemic? (Natural News) Even as one of Asia’s major financial hubs braces for a resurgence of Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, a potential new threat looms as a deadly new pneumonia has broken out in the center of the continent. In […]
Polyculture Trial – Apple Polyculture vs Monoculture
Polyculture Trial – Apple Polyculture vs Monoculture How Do they Compare in Terms of Costs, Soil Health, Biodiversity, Production and Time? I’m so looking forward to the spring to meet our Polyculture Study crew and get back into the gardens. This season we’ll be shifting our focus to perennial polyculture experiments and forest garden yields. […]
A Serious Message From Chris Martenson
A Serious Message From Chris Martenson Time is running short to brace for impact Like a windstorm toppling a hollowed-out tree, SARS-CoV-2 didn’t cause the current recession so much as it exposed how rotten things already were. Even before SARS-CoV-2, households were struggling. Far too many were limping along without any savings at all, one […]
