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Could a Green New Deal Save Civilization?
Could a Green New Deal Save Civilization? To fully and systematically address the climate/energy crisis, the plan will have to be far broader in scope than what is currently being proposed. And while we need to mobilize society as a whole with a World War II-level of effort, the reality is that there’s never been […]
Could a Green New Deal Save Civilization?
Could a Green New Deal Save Civilization? To fully and systematically address the climate/energy crisis, the plan will have to be far broader in scope than what is currently being proposed. And while we need to mobilize society as a whole with a World War II-level of effort, the reality is that there’s never been […]
Opinion: Sooner or Later, We Have to Stop Economic Growth–And We’ll Be Better For It
OPINION: SOONER OR LATER, WE HAVE TO STOP ECONOMIC GROWTH — AND WE’LL BE BETTER FOR IT The end of growth will come one day, perhaps very soon, whether we’re ready or not. If we plan for and manage it, we could well wind up with greater well-being. Illustration by Kelsey King January 8, 2019 […]
Living in the Concretaceous Period
Living in the Concretaceous Period Scientists long ago determined that Earth had entered the Anthropocene period, based on a determination that humans were altering fundamental planetary parameters such as biodiversity and the chemistry of the atmosphere and oceans to the degree that it warranted an entirely new geological designation. Following another millennium of observation and […]
The Big Picture
The Big Picture Humanity has a lot of problems these days. Climate change, increasing economic inequality, crashing biodiversity, political polarization, and a global debt bubble are just a few of our worries. None of these trends can continue indefinitely without leading to a serious failure of our civilization’s ability to maintain itself. Taken together, these […]
Foreword to Oil, Power and War
This month’s Museletter is my Foreword to Matthieu Auzanneau’s excellent new book Oil, Power, and War: A Dark History published by Chelsea Green Publishing. For information on where to get hold of a copy see the links at the end. Foreword to Oil, Power and War Come and listen to my story ’bout a man named Jed A […]
Our Bonus Decade
Our Bonus Decade “The sense of security more frequently springs from habit than from conviction, and for this reason it often subsists after such a change in the conditions as might have been expected to suggest alarm. The lapse of time during which a given event has not happened, is, in this logic of habit, […]
When It Comes to Sustainability, We’re a Society of Distracted Drivers
When It Comes to Sustainability, We’re a Society of Distracted Drivers We human beings are all, in effect, driving this planet “If we’re asleep at the wheel,” writes Heinberg, “the likelihood of calamity skyrockets.” (Photo: St. Joseph Health/stock) Driving is dangerous. In fact, it’s about the riskiest activity most of us engage in routinely. It […]
What Will it Take to Avert Collapse?
What Will it Take to Avert Collapse? A lot of people are asking the question these days—including serious folks who work full-time on climate and energy policy. How can the world’s nations reduce greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to forestall climate catastrophe, without undermining either the global economy (which is still 85 percent dependent on […]
Human Predators, Human Prey: Part 3
Human Predators, Human Prey: Part 3 Read Part I, read Part II. Society as Ecosystem in a Time of Collapse, Part III 6. “Disease organisms” (revolutionaries), “parasites” (criminals), and “immune systems” (law and punishment) in times of growth and release In his brilliant 1976 book Plagues and Peoples, historian William H. McNeill explored how infectious disease has shaped […]
Human Predators, Human Prey: Part 2
Human Predators, Human Prey: Part 2 Society as Ecosystem in a Time of Collapse, Part II For Part I of this essay see here. 4. Our current context: the adaptive cycle, conservation, and release As we’ve seen, predator-prey relationships shape the flow of energy through ecosystems. But what happens in either a natural ecosystem or […]
Museletter #314: Human Predators, Human Prey
Museletter #314: Human Predators, Human Prey Society as Ecosystem in a Time of Collapse, Part I This month’s MuseLetter is Part I of a 3-part essay that uses predation as a metaphor to unpack power relations in human societies. Stay tuned! Introduction A lion runs down a gazelle; a raiding band brandishing clubs, bows, and […]
Richard Heinberg – Author and Post Carbon Institute Senior Fellow
Richard Heinberg – Author and Post Carbon Institute Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg joins Sustainable Nation to discuss: The current state of energy and its contributions to the climate crisis The shale gas and tight oil bubble Community resiliency The transition to a fossil fuel free future Recommendations and advice for sustainability leaders Final Five Question […]
