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Climate change and the threat to civilization
Climate change and the threat to civilization In a speech about climate change from April 4th of this year, UN General Secretary António Guterres lambasted “the empty pledges that put us on track to an unlivable world” and warned that “we are on a fast track to climate disaster” (1). Although stark, Guterres’ statements were […]
COVID-19 Is a Symptom of a Planet That’s Been Pushed Past a Tipping Point
COVID-19 Is a Symptom of a Planet That’s Been Pushed Past a Tipping Point The pandemic could signal that we’ve passed a series of civilizational tipping points that will usher in a new era of ecological emergencies. The COVID-19 pandemic signals that civilization has breached a major ‘tipping point’ that could pave the way for […]
1177 BC – The Collapse of Society System-Wide
1177 BC – The Collapse of Society System-Wide QUESTION: I do not believe you have ever commented on Eric Cline’s book 1177BC, the year civilization collapsed. Do you think this is likely what we face or is this different? WL ANSWER: There were about eight civilizations that all collapsed with the exception of Egypt post-1250 BC. […]
They’ve Stolen Our Future!
They’ve Stolen Our Future! Collapse is in the cards It’s time to have a serious conversation. I know we’ve been having it, but maybe there’s another glove hidden beneath the one we’ve already taken off. Put bluntly, there doesn’t seem to be any hope of avoiding a collapse of civilization. The forces of the Business-As-Usual […]
The Greek Dark Age & Climate Change
The Greek Dark Age & Climate Change QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; You mentioned that the environment was the primary cause of the Greek Dark age between the Heroic and Hellenistic periods. Can you elaborate on that at all? Thank you. They do not seem to connect the dots as you say in school MG ANSWER: What is most interesting […]
The collapse of the Western Roman Empire: was it caused by climate change?
The collapse of the Western Roman Empire: was it caused by climate change? Image from the recent paper by Buentgen et al., published on “Nature Geoscience” on February 8, 2016. The red curves are temperature changes reconstructed from tree rings in the Russian Altai (upper curve) and the European Alps (lower curve). Note the remarkable dip […]
Forecast 2015 — Life in the Breakdown Lane
Forecast 2015 — Life in the Breakdown Lane Don’t look back — something might be gaining on you,” Satchel Paige famously warned. For connoisseurs of civilizational collapse, 2014 was merely annoying, a continued pile-up of over-investments in complexity with mounting diminishing returns, metastasizing fragility, and no satisfying resolution. So we enter 2015 with greater tensions […]
Revolution, Part 1: The End of Growth? | Degrowth 2014
Revolution, Part 1: The End of Growth? | Degrowth 2014. New research suggests that the ongoing global economic crisis is symptomatic of a deeper crisis of industrial civilization’s relationship with nature. The continuation of the crisis, though, does not imply the end of the world – but rather is part of major phase shift to […]
What Climate Change Asks of Us: Moral Obligation, Mobilization and Crisis Communication | The Climate Psychologist
What Climate Change Asks of Us: Moral Obligation, Mobilization and Crisis Communication | The Climate Psychologist. Why are we morally obligated to fight climate change? Climate change is a crisis, and crises alter morality. Climate change is on track to cause the extinction of half the species on earth and, through a combination of droughts, famines, […]
