The Local Food Revolution

SUBHEAD: A revolution aimed at rebuilding food security and food sovereignty for all.By Michael Brownlee on 24 March 2011 in Boulder Weekly - (http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-4806-id-like-to-see-a-study-on-the-relative-cost-for-t.html)Image above: Boulder Belt Farm share. From (http://www.localharvest.org/blog/330/entry/boulder_belt_farm_share_inititiative16).Boulder, Colorado -Anyone living

The Area Under the Curve

SUBHEAD: We have never faced the stark reality of a net energy decline before in history. Now we are.By George Mobus on 7 March 2011 in Question Everything - (http://questioneverything.typepad.com/question_everything/2011/03/its-the-area-under-the-curve.html)Image above: An ocean whirlpool. From (http://www.unoriginal.co.uk/gallerymisc58.html).Oil Prices and the EconomyThe punch line comes

Corporations Fuel Peak Oil Crisis

SUBHEAD: Interview with Thom Hartmann. "We have to fight back against the corporate capture of government."By Kevin Gosztola on 2 March 2011 in The Nation - (http://www.thenation.com/video/158892/thom-hartmann-corporations-are-fueling-our-peak-oil-crisis)Image above: Thom Hartmann speaks at Borders in Denver August 2008. From (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnarlodious/2801262891/in/photostream/).

Richard Heinberg Interview

SUBHEAD: Unless we create parallel economic structures there’s no way that we can get out from under the more repressive political aspects of the federal government.By Lindsay Curren on 1 March 2011 in Transition Voice -(http://transitionvoice.com/2011/03/interview-richard-heinberg)Image above: Detail of photo portrait of Richard Heinberg. From (http://www.lyceumagency.com/richard+heinberg.aspx)

Interviewed by a Climate Zombie

SUBHEAD: The questions provide a glimpse into why we need Gaia University as an alternative to what currently passes for higher education.By Albert Bates on 26 February 2011 in The Great Change -(http://peaksurfer.blogspot.com/2011/02/interview-with-climate-zombie.html)Image above: College girl as a zombie. From (http://www.teefury.com/people/18670/Nerdbaitplus3/)."For the most part, those

Past the Point of No Return

SUBHEAD: The need is to find a way to reduce the population at a rate that will exceed the rate of decline of the carrying capacity.By George Mobus 13 February 2011 in Question Everything - (http://questioneverything.typepad.com/question_everything/2011/02/past-the-point-of-no-return.html)Image above: People crowd train in Dhaka, India, station. From (http://knowledge.allianz.com/?354/

Energy Funds, Energy Flows

SUBHEAD: Trying to find some new jackpot of energy to fuel our current lifestyles is not a viable response to our predicament.By John Michael Greer on 9 February 2011 in The Archdruid Report - (http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2011/02/energy-funds-energy-flows.html)Image above: PowerBall lottery winner Muncie Meade & family pose with $19.2 million check. Fro (http://www.lotterypost.com/

Two Roads Diverged in a Wood

SUBHEAD: Simultaneously industrial society has chosen the both the path of environmental collapse and economic collapse.By Guy McPherson on 3 February 2011 in Transition Voice -(http://transitionvoice.com/2011/02/two-roads-diverged)Image above: A fork in the road. From (http://www.midlifesatrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/fork-in-the-road-3.jpg).At this late juncture in the era of industry, it

Green Energy’s Big Challenge

SUBHEAD: When it comes to such a large-scale shift in energy supplies, few places face more of a challenge than the United States.By David Biello ON 20 January 2011 in Yale Environment 360 -(http://e360.yale.edu/feature/green_energys_big_challenge__the_daunting_task_of_scaling_up_/2362)Image above: To supply 25% of current energy by 2050 the U.S. will build 1,000 one-gigawatt nuclear reactors.

Onset of Catabolic Collapse

SUBHEAD: It’s possible at this point to provide a fairly exact date for the onset of catabolic collapse here in the United States of America.By John Michael Greer on 19 January 2011 in The Archdruid Report - (http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2011/01/onset-of-catabolic-collapse.html)Image above: Viaduct passes in front of the Colosseum in reconstruction of Rome as it was in 320 AD . From (

The Electric Car Fetish

SUBHEAD: It's time to let go of the car culture so we can rid ourselves of its myriad ill effects.By Kurt Cobb on 29 December 2010 in Scitizen - (http://www.scitizen.com/future-energies/the-electric-car-fetish_a-14-3607.html)Image above: Eye candy look of the electric Dodge Zeo concept car. From (http://www.greenskid.com/what-i-want-the-zeo-electric-car-concept).Many automobile enthusiasts

Agriculture that Stands a Chance

SUBHEAD: Perennial polyculture and not monoculture annuals as the hard limits of post-carbon farming begin.By Dan Allen on 13 December 2010 in Energy Bulletin -(http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2010-12-13/agriculture-stands-chance-perennial-polyculture-hard-limits-post-carbon-farming)Image above: Devastation in the Dust Bowl of 1936 in Dallas, North Dakota on May 13th. From (http://

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