Interview with Ellen LaConte

SUBHEAD: Eco-economies are local and regional, place-based, functionally self-reliant, interdependent, mutually supportive, regenerative, restorative and resilient.By Robert Jensen on 8 March 2011 in Energy Bulletin - (http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-03-08/listening-life-it%E2%80%99s-too-late-interview-ellen-laconte)Image above: "Mother Earth" by Stephen Alcorn (2005). From (http:/

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/

The Third Transition

SUBHEAD: The passage through to this period will be difficult, but what follows will be sustainable.By Tom Whipple on 17 February 2011 in Falls Church News-Press(http://www.fcnp.com/commentary/national/8548-the-peak-oil-crisis-the-3rd-transition.html)Image above: High Point on Seattle, Washington. A Sustainable community. From (https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/IIah05u2uHw1UioIohOBHg).Modern

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

Doom or Boom? Let’s do Both!

SUBHEAD: Call it a renaissance. Call it salvation. Call it the apocalypse (i.e., the unveiling).By Guy McPherson on 1 January 2011 in Transition Voice - (http://transitionvoice.com/2011/01/doom-or-boom-let%e2%80%99s-do-both)Image above: "Deer Hunter" painting. From (http://www.stillasleep.com/WALLPAPERS/CAT/Paintings/1/index.html).The twin sides of our fossil-fuel addiction — energy decline and

Three Life Saving Books

SUBHEAD: These books will help making a livable future even as the civilization we have known crumbles around us.Image above: Permaculture garden from "Heroes of the Environment"film series (http://www.humanisthall.net/Cal-Nov09-FilmSeries.html). By George Mobus on 21 November 2010 in Question Everything -(http://questioneverything.typepad.com/question_everything/2010/11/

Empire of Lies

\SUBHEAD: The only question of economic significance at this point is which event puts the stake in the heart of the industrial economy.Image above: Famous capitalist and banker J. P. Morgan in top hat on Wall Street. From (http://irrationalgeographic.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/the-giant-and-the-midget).By Guy McPherson on 31 October 2010 in Nature Bats Last -(http://guymcpherson.com/2010/10/