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Fraying Food System May Be Our Next Crisis
Fraying Food System May Be Our Next Crisis If you’re already overwhelmed with news of the pandemic and are coping with depression, read no further. However, if you’re a crisis responder by inclination or profession, you might start thinking food. Experts who study what makes societies sustainable (or unsustainable) have been warning for decades that […]
The Next Crisis: Food
The Next Crisis: Food There’s a reason we’ve been urging folks to plant a garden “Oh crap! Bermuda grass? In my garden space? The kind with underground runners that’s nearly impossible to eliminate except by digging up every single root and rhizome?” For reasons I cannot fully explain I became absolutely inspired to “find a […]
Planting Seeds in Crisis
Planting Seeds in Crisis Food and seed sovereignty in uncertain times As governments of more and more countries introduce various kinds of lockdowns (1) during the ongoing virus “pandemic” (1), we appear to be experiencing what many would say is an unprecedented global “crisis” (see for example 2). This article will explore the opportunities inherent […]
The New Normal: Cascading and Multilayered Crises
The New Normal: Cascading and Multilayered Crises “The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.” – Antonio Gramsci The Pandemic & Public Health Crisis On January 20th, 2020, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 infection […]
Rabobank: “There Will Be Attempts To Go Back To Normal After This Crisis, But It Will Be Impossible”
Rabobank: “There Will Be Attempts To Go Back To Normal After This Crisis, But It Will Be Impossible” The Grand National-ists The weekend’s world-famous UK horse race, the Grand National, was won by Potters Corner, trained in Wales and ridden by Jack Tudor, at 18-1. That’s a little unusual – but not as much as the […]
After the crisis, what kind of world do we want? Post-apocalyptic novels hold lessons — and warnings
After the crisis, what kind of world do we want? Post-apocalyptic novels hold lessons — and warnings ‘Art gives me hope. Will we take those values, that hope, and use them to imagine a better collective future?’ I had planned to write a totally different column this month. I had the idea, the books. I’d […]
Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself
NOTHING TO FEAR BUT FEAR ITSELF “So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is…fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and of vigor […]
Spirits in the Material World
SPIRITS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD There is no political solutionTo our troubled evolutionHave no faith in constitutionThere is no bloody revolution The Police – Spirits in the Material World As I was driving home from work last week, an almost forty-year-old song began emanating from my radio. I’ve always appreciated the music of The Police, […]
Brace For A Global Crisis In 2020
Brace For A Global Crisis In 2020 The year 2020 could emerge as the start of the era of relative global chaos or major upheaval. It is the era we have been anticipating, as the impact of core population decline meets economic dislocation, and security and structural uncertainty. Changes in the fundamental sociological framework of […]
Prelude to Crisis
Prelude to Crisis Simple ConceitRadical ActionsBallooning Balance SheetMerry Christmas and the Happiest New Year Ignoring problems rarely solves them. You need to deal with them—not just the effects, but the underlying causes, or else they usually get worse. The older you get, the more you know that is true in almost every area of life. […]
“Every time a civilization is in crisis, there is a return of the commons” – Interview with Michel Bauwens
“Every time a civilization is in crisis, there is a return of the commons” – Interview with Michel Bauwens The commons are nothing new. Historically citizens always came together to pool resources and manage them collectively and autonomously. It is the responsibility of cities and states to identify, connect and support them. Today the commons […]
Fourth Turning Economics
Fourth Turning Economics “In retrospect, the spark might seem as ominous as a financial crash, as ordinary as a national election, or as trivial as a Tea Party. The catalyst will unfold according to a basic Crisis dynamic that underlies all of these scenarios: An initial spark will trigger a chain reaction of unyielding responses […]
State of the Globe: 13 Facts: why the next crisis is inevitable
State of the Globe: 13 Facts: why the next crisis is inevitable The order of the current problems laid down below is random. Hard to say which factor will be the next catalyst. Maybe all or several at the same time? Decide for yourself. 1. Unresolved political conflicts. Ask yourself: which conflicts have been finally […]
The Next Economic Crisis and the Looming Post-Multipolar System
The Next Economic Crisis and the Looming Post-Multipolar System The Impending Crisis At one time, specifically during the post-World War 2 Bretton Woods era, it looked like as if the capitalist model could be indefinitely sustainable and avoid plunging the world into major world conflicts. That era began to come to an end during the […]
Flash-Balls, Pitchforks And A Backstop
Flash-Balls, Pitchforks And A Backstop It’s educational and even somewhat entertaining to observe the role of the western press in the ongoing erosion and demise of democracy in Europe. But while it’s entertaining, it also means their readers and viewers don’t get informed on what is actually happening. The media paints a picture that pleases […]
