Prophets of Doom Takeaway

SUBHEAD: Looking at more detail underlying History Channel’s “Prophets of Doom” story.By Gail Tverberg on 6 January 2011 in Our Finite World - (http://ourfiniteworld.com/2011/01/06/the-oil-employment-link-part-2-looking-at-more-detail-underlying-history-chanels-prophets-of-doom-story/#more-546)Image above: Mashup of two stills from video below, "Prophets of Doom".In Part 1, I talked about how

Lifeboats - A Memoir

SUBHEAD: Lessons that will be useful again in a rapid petrocollapse scenario.By Albert Bates on 7 January 2011 in Club Orlov - (http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2011/01/lifeboats-memoir.html)Image above: One of the original hippie caravan buses still on The Farm. From (http://www.tnhistoryforkids.org/places/the_farm).[This is a guest post for ClubOrlov by Albert, whose amazing erudition and

All in the Ohana

SUBHEAD: How Hawaiians embrace the land, its abundance, and their responsibility to each other.By Puanani Burgess on 13 December 2010 in Yes Magazine -(http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/what-happy-families-know/all-in-the-ohana)Image above: Puanani Burgess family photo from original article.The Hawaiian culture is one of inclusion. Our language and our processes and our traditions—it’s all about

A new cultural narrative

SUBHEAD: Assuming we don’t succumb to nuclear Armageddon or a climate meltdown, a new and different world must arise.By Dan Hamburg on 3 December 2010 for Culture Change - (http://www.culturechange.org/cms/content/view/688/65)Image above: Reconnecting with the Divine Mother. From (http://www.whitewolfjourneys.com/?p=1529).The grave challenge of our time is not to reform the current system but

America - The Grim Truth

SUBHEAD: The USA has the worst quality of life in the developed world—by a wide margin.Image above: The 2004 Rose Bowl Parade featuring an Uncle Sam float. From (http://www.galenfrysinger.com/music,_music.htm). [Dmitry Orlov note: I was planning to write something a bit like this, but found that someone has done some of my work for me. Please give it a read, while I concentrate on the part

Evolution of U.S. Transition

SUBHEAD: Transition US is about healing and regenerating community here in America.Image above: Trathen Heckman, Transition US board member and gardener chews the scenery. From (http://www.freestonefermentationfestival.com/schedule).By Michael Brownlee on 26 November 2010 in Transition Times -(http://transition-times.com/blog/2010/11/26/the-evolution-of-transition-in-the-u-s)The BackstoryThe

Mike & Karen's Excellent Adventure

SUBHEAD: We wanted to live a lifestyle in which we no longer contributed to the destruction of all species.By Mike & Karen Sliwa on 21 November 2010 in Nature Bats Last - (http://guymcpherson.com/2010/11/mike-and-karens-excellent-adventure)Image above: Mike and Karen and Bill and Ted. Cornered by Juan Wilson.We are retiring so we can travel. That’s the official story we generally tell people if

Bill Mollison on Permaculture

SUBHEAD: We must borrow the land and create the future. We can’t afford systems of yesterday. It’s critical we take them out.Image above: Planting an apple guild in Cananda. From (http://forestsinternational.org/2010/05/2010-food-forest-gardening-workshop).Interview by Richard Alan Miller in 1986 in Permaculture -(http://permaculture.org.au/2010/11/11/

Beyond Chaos

SUBHEAD: Help those for whom immediate care might make a positive difference in outcome. Ignore the rest.Image above: Triage in France during WWI. From (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wounded_Triage_France_WWI.jpg).By Peter Goodchild on 10 November 2010 in Countercurrents - (http://www.countercurrents.org/goodchild101110.htm)We need to keep in mind the big picture: the imminent collapse

Horns of Our Dilemma

SUBHEAD: We are more likely to allocate our financial reserves to keeping current players on their feet than we are to finance meaningful changes.Image above: 19th century cartoon Robber Barons with subtitle "History repeats itself - The robber barons of the Middle Ages and the robber barons of today." From (http://madamepickwickartblog.com/anarchist-paving-company). By Jeff Berg on 10 November

Economics of Happiness

SUBHEAD: The real solution to the many crisis we face may be to concentrate on what makes us truly happy.Image above: Children of Bhutan. The country that invented the Gross National Happiness Index. From (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1512732855058265272ovwstI).By Sami Grover on 9 November 2010 for Treehugger.org - (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/11/the-economics-of-happiness.php)From

Preparing a Community

SUBHEAD: It should not come as a surprise, then, if the United States wraps up its existence by invading itself.Image above: "Checkpoint K" near the abandoned Kekaha Sugarmill. Mashup by Juan Wilson 2004. From PMRF Land Grab 5 (http://www.islandbreath.org/2004Year/04-military/military14PMRF5.html)By Dmitry Orlov on 23 October 2010 in ClubOrlov - (http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2010/10/

Interview with John Michael Greer

SUBHEAD: In America most people have no conception that anything can really change radically.Image above: Photo of John Michael Greer. From (http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2010/07/09/the-information-age-meet-john-michael-greer).By Alexander Ac, on 20 October 2010 for the Energy Bulletin - (http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2010-10-20/