Mid East & Mid West

SUBHEAD: What we witness across the Arab World and our own middle America is part of the same phenomena - adjustment to poverty.By Juan Wilson on 27 February 2011 for Island Breath - (http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2011/02/mid-east-mid-west.html)Image above: We are all brothers. From (http://riadzany.blogspot.com/2010/06/death-of-interfaith-leader-sheikh.html).Mid EastLike it or not, the world

Why There Will Be No Recovery

SOURCE: Bratticus (Blogspot commenter)SUBHEAD: The peak demand argument is a good one–but not for the nice reasons.By Chris Nelder on 5 March 2010 for Get Real List -(http://www.getreallist.com/peak-demand-yes-but-not-the-nice-kind.html)Image above: Old time craft work in Appalachia. From (http://www.berea.edu/bereadigital/gstr210/appalachiaessay.asp).When oil crossed $120 a barrel for the first

The Haybox Factor

SUBHEAD: Neanderthals routinely ate cooked vegetables, and cooked meat has been a hominid staple since the days of Homo erectus.By John Michael Greer on 29 December in the Archdruid Report - (http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2010/12/haybox-factor.html)Image above: A fireless cooker circa 1890 branded 'The Chatham Jewel' in an oak case. From (http://www.antiquefever.com/

Bridging the Transition

SUBHEAD: The strategy of staged disconnection is not catabolic but metabolic; it taps into existing resource flows before shortages become severe.By John Michael Greer on 15 December 2010 for Archdruid Report - (http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2010/12/two-lessons-in-practical-ecology.html)Image above: A bridge disappears into the distance in the Coasta Rican Monteverde Cloud Forest. From

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

Peak Oil is History

SUBHEAD: When faced with insufficient global oil production, an industrialized planet has just one choice: Collapse.Image above: Abandoned gas pump. From (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rezavaziri/3461104197/).By Dmitry Orlov on November 2010 in ClubOrlov - (http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2010/11/peak-oil-is-history.html)The marketing blurb on the back cover of the first edition of my first book,