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Peak Oil: What Does Any Of This Mean? – Peak Oil Matters

Peak Oil: What Does Any Of This Mean? – Peak Oil Matters. Daniel Yergin’s Pulitzer Prize (for his book The Quest) has earned him a fair amount of street cred, judging by how often his opinions are solicited on the state of fossil fuel supply and production. I haven’t read the book, but I’d be lying if I […]

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Sustainability requires that we learn to embrace change, not fight it | Ensia

Sustainability requires that we learn to embrace change, not fight it | Ensia. December 3, 2014 — Limits to growth are a fundamental and widely accepted principle of sustainability. You might even call them the first law of sustainability. Nevertheless, as ecological economist Richard Norgaard first noted, limits make a terrible metaphor for sustainability. They don’t inspire […]

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What Is the Carbon Limit? That Depends Who You Ask by Fred Pearce: Yale Environment 360

What Is the Carbon Limit? That Depends Who You Ask by Fred Pearce: Yale Environment 360. How much carbon can we safely emit into the atmosphere without the planet suffering dangerous climate change? It would be good to know. The world’s governments have agreed that “dangerous” should mean any warming above two degrees Celsius. And […]

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How to Shrink the Economy without Crashing It: A Ten-Point Plan Post Carbon Institute

How to Shrink the Economy without Crashing It: A Ten-Point Plan Post Carbon Institute. The human economy is currently too big to be sustainable. We know this because Global Footprint Network, which methodically tracks the relevant data, informs us that humanity is now using 1.5 Earths’ worth of resources. We can temporarily use resources faster than […]

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The Krugman Function Part 2–Whole System Thinking – Transition Milwaukee

The Krugman Function Part 2–Whole System Thinking – Transition Milwaukee. Whole System Thinking Anyone who has spent much time thinking about ecology, peak oil and the economy, or global carbon emissions with any degree of complexity understands the importance of whole-system thinking.  Whole-system thinking reminds us that our economy cannot be intelligently assessed without an […]

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