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By Preston Howard: The Maximum Power Principle and Why It Underscores the Certainty of Human Extinction in the Near Future
By Preston Howard: The Maximum Power Principle and Why It Underscores the Certainty of Human Extinction in the Near Future Howard T. Odum: co-originator of Maximum Power Principle Today’s guest post by Preston Howard discusses an issue central to our overshoot predicament that is often ignored: The Maximum Power Principle (MPP). The MPP states that life […]
Solutions Are Scary: Part 2 – Economic Rebellion And Black Markets
Solutions Are Scary: Part 2 – Economic Rebellion And Black Markets September 30, 2023 8 Comments In the first article in this series I examined the issue of militias and the public taking its security into its own hands. I did this because frankly, without security, you have nothing. There are millions of people out there, each with […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh II; Feeding the Growth Monster: Fiat Currency and Technology
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh II August 8, 2020 Monte Alban, Mexico (1988) Photo by author. Feeding the Growth Monster: Fiat Currency and Technology My response to an ongoing discussion regarding debt-/credit-based fiat currency and it’s impact on our pursuing the infinite growth chalice. _____ Yes, credit-/debt-based fiat is certainly one of the most significant causes […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh–Mythical Narratives Everywhere to Avoid Reality
NOTE: Beginning to post these thoughts of mine here. I began a couple of years ago posting them on Medium but have found that the subscription practices there are somewhat restrictive. I will attempt to post one per day until I am caught up…and then will be posting in both locations. _____ Today’s Contemplation: Collapse […]
Researchers: We’ve Underestimated The Risk of Simultaneous Crop Failures Worldwide
Researchers: We’ve Underestimated The Risk of Simultaneous Crop Failures Worldwide The risks of harvest failures in multiple global breadbaskets have been underestimated, according to a study Tuesday that researchers said should be a “wake up call” about the threat climate change poses to our food systems. Food production is both a key source of planet-warming emissions and […]
Stop Using the Word ‘Sustainability’ for God’s Sake
Stop Using the Word ‘Sustainability’ for God’s Sake No. This is not sustainable. Photo by Appolinary Kalashnikova on Unsplash For millions of years us, humans, were part of Nature. We were born in the wild, lived in the wild, died in the wild. We ate what we found, drank the waters of rivers and streams, breathed air purified […]
Climate change is redrawing the disaster map
Climate change is redrawing the disaster map From tropical storms to wildfires, climate disasters aren’t confined to the places we’re used to seeing them. Vehicles and housing structures are partially submerged after Tropical Storm Hilary flooded a community of unhoused people on August 21st, 2023, in Cathedral City, California. Photo by Mario Tama / Getty Images […]
It Bears Repeating: Best Of…Volume 1
Recently released: It Bears Repeating: Best Of…Volume 1 A compilation of writers focused on the nexus of limits to growth, energy, and ecological overshoot. With a Foreword and Afterword by Michael Dowd, authors include: Max Wilbert; Tim Watkins; Mike Stasse; Dr. Bill Rees; Dr. Tim Morgan; Rob Mielcarski; Dr. Simon Michaux; Erik Michaels; Just Collapse’s […]
7 Things Grandpa Did that Made His Tools Last Longer
7 Things Grandpa Did that Made His Tools Last Longer Tool maintenance begins as soon as you get a hand tool. To increase the longevity of your hand tools and help them last a lifetime use these tool maintenance tips that grandpa used. If you do these things you can pass your tools on to […]
Leave Home
Leave Home As an increasing number of people realize that their home country is becoming a liability to them, the most common question I hear from them is, “What do I have to do to remain where I am and still be assured that I’ll be able to retain both my wealth and my freedom?” […]
Notes on Stormtrooper Syndrome
Notes on Stormtrooper Syndrome For some time now I’ve been looking for a way to talk about one of the most common bad habits of thought in the modern industrial world. Habits like this are far more important that a casual glance might suggest. Plenty of pragmatic factors are piling up crises for our civilization […]
Desertification: An Existential Crisis For Iran
Desertification: An Existential Crisis For Iran Iran is grappling with severe desertification and water scarcity, leading to potentially uninhabitable territories, contributing to internal migration and posing a threat of mass exodus. Tehran’s attempts to mitigate water scarcity have led to dam-building and water-intensive irrigation projects that have contributed to the drying up of rivers and […]
Lessons from the Unraveling of the Roman Empire: Simplification, Localization
Lessons from the Unraveling of the Roman Empire: Simplification, Localization The fragmentation, simplification and localization of the post-Imperial era offers us lessons we ignore at our peril. There is an entire industry devoted to “why the Roman Empire collapsed,” but the post-collapse era may be offer us higher value lessons. The post-collapse era, long written off […]
Planning Your Survival Garden
Planning Your Survival Garden A survival garden isn’t a doom’s day garden. It’s a garden built around a mix of permanent agriculture, or permaculture, and annual vegetable and fruit plants. It’s designed to help you avoid supply chain issues, and provide nutritious food for yourself, and your family. It is a garden of abundance. There […]
Why We Cannot Prevent Collapse
Why We Cannot Prevent Collapse my own graphic; right click on image to open in a new tab and enlarge or download Yes, I know — every box in the ‘vicious cycle’ graphic above is hugely debatable. But you know, I’m just tired of debating it. I think it describes what’s going on in the world both […]
