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Is it Too Late for Sustainable Development?
Is it Too Late for Sustainable Development? Dennis Meadows thinks so. Forty years after his book The Limits to Growth, he explains why Courtesy of Dennis Meadows On March 2, 1972, a team of experts from MIT presented a groundbreaking report called The Limits to Growth to scientists, journalists and others assembled at the Smithsonian Castle. Released […]
Why Is Society Still Mired in Mainstream Thinking?
Why Is Society Still Mired in Mainstream Thinking? Eagle Rock Train Station, Eagle Rock, Virginia In my last article, I spent a considerable amount of time describing how a large part of society today is still mired in mainstream thinking and I pointed out how I don’t see or expect the possibility that much will […]
Coming Soon: Your Travel Will Be Restricted By Personal Carbon Allowances
Coming Soon: Your Travel Will Be Restricted By Personal Carbon Allowances “Experts suggest” your standard of living be reduced by over 85% A report on the future of travel and tourism, co-authored by a travel agency called Intrepid Travel and The Future Labs Institute, posits a future deeply impacted by climate change and restrictions on […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XII–Growth Greenwashing: A Comforting Narrative
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XII Teotihuacan, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Growth Greenwashing: A Comforting Narrative My comment on an article regarding the cessation of a provincial programme for municipalities in British Columbia meant to support and fund climate change initiatives. Not sure what the situation is like in BC surrounding provincial mandates and municipalities, but […]
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 […]
The End Of Fossil Fuels Will Be The End Of Modern Capitalism
The End Of Fossil Fuels Will Be The End Of Modern Capitalism That which is unsustainable can not be sustained Ed Yourdon from New York City via Wikimedia Commons None of us are ready for the chaos of the we are stoking, caused by the rapacious growth of what Kurt Vonnegut Jr. referred to as […]
Feedback Loops and Unsustainable Systems
Feedback Loops and Unsustainable Systems Mountains as seen from Tennessee Welcome Center I have brought up feedback loops (both positive and negative) many times in this space. I’ve also brought up unsustainable systems in one way or another in practically every article, since they are endemic in human society and at the root of every predicament. It would be very simple […]
Stable Electricity: A Long Slow Goodbye
Stable Electricity: A Long Slow Goodbye Photo by Dan Meyers on Unsplash Electricity shortages are looming for the UK and Europe, and then later for the rest of the overdeveloped world as well. Blackouts will become common, and you will get power only for a couple of hours a day — just like in countries with a less favorable economic […]
Indigenous knowledge is key to sustainable food systems
Indigenous knowledge is key to sustainable food systems Agricultural sciences have for too long ignored traditional and local knowledge about crop plants and how best to grow them. That must change if the world is to ensure future food security. Farmer Angelina Monday works on her plot of land in Uganda, where she grows beans […]
World Population Day Presentation: Dr. William Rees
World Population Day Presentation: Dr. William Rees
An Empire of Denial
An Empire of Denial Is there a rise from the dead? Despite claims to the contrary, we still live in an age of empires. The only difference this time is that the one dominating this planet is in full denial of this fact. No empire can avoid its fate however, and this one is of […]
The Human Eco-predicament: Overshoot and the Population Conundrum
The Human Eco-predicament: Overshoot and the Population Conundrum This article was originally published by Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2023, Vol. 21, pp. 1–19 Abstract: The human enterprise is in overshoot, depleting essential ecosystems faster than they can regenerate and polluting the ecosphere beyond nature’s assimilative capacity. Overshoot is a meta-problem that is the cause […]
Most plastic isn’t recycled, burns in fires at recycling centers
Most plastic isn’t recycled, burns in fires at recycling centers Preface. Plastics are just one of 500,000 products made out of oil and gas, but very important to just about every aspect of society, from making vehicles lighter so go further using less energy, to clothes, food storage, bags, toothbrushes, buckets, garbage bins, toys, carpets, […]
