NEW! Podcasts  Carolyn is in the process of making an audio series on emotional and spiritual preparation. For more information and to view a sampler, click here...Carolyn’s Latest Books JUST RELEASED
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By carolyn, on February 22nd, 2012% 
The concept of endless economic growth, accepted as sacrosanct by both U.S. mainstream political parties, and internalized as the dominant mode of mind by the general population of the corporate/consumer state is mirrored in the exponential mathematics of a malignancy. Cancer, if given voice, would proclaim itself to be a believer in “free market values”…devoted to the principle of endless growth…until, of course, it would silence its own voice by killing its host. Likewise, all life seeks limits or prematurely dooms itself. . . . → Read More: Cash Of The Titans: Against The Noxious Fantasy Of Limitless Growth, By Phil Rockstroh
By carolyn, on February 19th, 2012% 
We can agree that the modern industrial age has certainly severed our sense of connection to nature, and even to ourselves. Cheap fossil fuels gave us the illusion we could dominate, subjugate and use the natural world for our own ends, and in the process we forgot that we are a part of the world, not above it. It cut us off from our sense of our own natural selves and our sense of community with our neighbors. After 150 years of fossil fuel driven growth we have forgotten what this sense of connectedness feels like. Perhaps my dream says, “Prepare the ground for its return, build the bridges of connection. In the future this energy will flow again.” . . . → Read More: Toward Purpose And Meaning In A Too-Late World, By Douglas Carhart
By carolyn, on February 16th, 2012% 
As the world economy crashes against debt and resource limits, more and more countries are responding by attempting to salvage what are actually their most expendable features—corrupt, insolvent banks and bloated militaries—while leaving the majority of their people to languish in “austerity.” The result, predictably, is a global uprising. This current set of conditions and responses will lead, sooner or later, to social as well as economic upheaval—and a collapse of the support infrastructure on which billions depend for their very survival. . . . → Read More: The Fight Of The Century, By Richard Heinberg
By carolyn, on February 1st, 2012% 
There is no reality-based argument denying this: The present system, as defined by the neoliberal economic order, is as destructive to the balance of nature as it is to the individual, both body and psyche. One’s body grows obese while Arctic ice and wetlands shrink. Biodiversity decreases as psyches are commodified by ever-proliferating, corporatist/consumer state banality. But the raging soul of the world will not be assaulted without consequence. Mind and body are intertwined and inseparable from nature, and, when nature responds to our assaults, her replies are known to humankind as the stuff of mythic tragedy and natural catastrophe. . . . → Read More: A Journey To The End Of Empire: It’s Always Darkest Right Before It Goes Completely Black, By Phil Rockstroh
By carolyn, on December 27th, 2011% 
The annual ritual of end and beginning has come round again and the ashes are piled high throughout the landscape. For these are not only the dark days of the waning year, they are also the dark times as more and more people have “fallen on hard times.” Deep financial troubles and political foolishness have made the growing gap between those who have too much and those who have too little painfully evident. Amidst the hardening of hearts and narrowing of minds that increasingly pass for public policy, the deeper sense of justice and the instinct for human relatedness seem but dim lights amidst the growing chaos. Blind self-interest, the spread of fear and threat of conflict seem about to overwhelm everything. . . . → Read More: The Growing Chaos And The New Year, By Michael Meade
By carolyn, on September 21st, 2011% 
Because none of us has crystal balls, and none of us is perfect, it makes the most sense to plan for multiple possible scenarios, and thus to put our energies in the places that get us the most bang for our buck, the most resilience and best possible responses for the broadest *range* of possible scenarios. I’m going to list five scenarios that I think are possible, running from the most unlikely to the most likely, and then we can explore this question of what the future is going to look like, not from our single bet, but from the perspective of trying to maximize utility for multiple scenarios. . . . → Read More: Sorting Out Possible Scenarios For The Future, By Sharon Astyk
By carolyn, on August 30th, 2011% 
All conventional forms of dissent, from electoral politics to open debates, have been denied us. We cannot rely on the institutions that once made piecemeal and incremental reform possible. The only route left is to disconnect as thoroughly as possible from the consumer society and engage in acts of civil disobedience and obstruction. . . . → Read More: The Election March of The Trolls, By Chris Hedges
By carolyn, on August 25th, 2011% 
Extreme weather, crop failures, commodities speculation, land grabs, escalating prices, soil degradation, depleted aquifers, routine contamination, food-related disease, and mass hunger represent the “new norm” for food and farming. The global agricultural system, with the exception of the rapidly growing organic sector, rests upon a shaky foundation. Patented seeds, genetically engineered crops, expensive and destructive chemical and energy-intensive inputs, factory farms, monoculture production, eroding soils, unsustainable water use, taxpayer subsidies, and long-distance hauling and distribution, including massive imports that amount to 15% of the U.S. food supply amount to a recipe for disaster. . . . → Read More: Approaching The Collapse: Don’t Panic, Go Organic, By Ronnie Cummins
By carolyn, on August 20th, 2011% 
About a decade ago I realized we were putting the finishing touches on our own extinction party, with the party probably over by 2030. During the intervening period I’ve seen nothing to sway this belief, and much evidence to reinforce it. Yet the protests, ridicule, and hate mail reach a fervent pitch when I speak or write about the potential for near-term extinction of Homo sapiens. “We’re different.” “We’re special.” “We’re too intelligent.” “We’ll find a way out. We always do.” . . . → Read More: Three Paths To Near-Term Human Extinction, By Guy McPherson
By carolyn, on August 17th, 2011% 
This issue is a difficult one to talk about, because there really is no good solution. I have talked to a couple of groups recently (one a church group; one a peak oil group), about this issue. This is a copy of the presentation I used (Bumping up against the Growth Ceiling (PDF) or Bumping up against the Growth Ceiling (PowerPoint)). In this post, I will discuss my presentation. . . . → Read More: The End of Growth: Peak Oil, Recessions, And The End of The Fossil Fuel Economy, By Gail Tverberg
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What’s New Watch Carolyn and Andrew Harvey discuss Transition And Transformation: The Joy Of Preparation (http://vimeo NULL.com/33870113) on Vimeo.
 (http://www NULL.youtube NULL.com/watch?v=RBQisHSvwVY)Listen to Podcast with Carolyn and Chris Martenson discussing emotional resilience in turbulent times Post Peak Living  (http://www NULL.1shoppingcart NULL.com/app/?af=1108821) |
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