Jan 24, 2011 | Feature Articles
A new film explores how globalization has resulted in crises of the economy, the environment and the human spirit — and points the way to a new path.
Jan 24, 2011 | Feature Articles
From now on, rising prices, powerful storms, severe droughts and floods, and other unexpected events are likely to play havoc with the fabric of global society.
Jan 23, 2011 | Feature Articles
ORIGINAL ARTICLE We know that peak oil will be here soon, and we feel like we should be doing something. But what? It is frustrating to know where to start. In this chapter, we will discuss a few ideas about what we as individuals can do. 1. What will the first few...
Jan 22, 2011 | Feature Articles
I write this article for the activist, for anyone who is engaged in the work of systems change. That’s my basic working definition of activism: working for change at the system level. Since the Transition movement is about creating sustainable alternative systems, it is inherently activist in nature. If the word activism gives you heartburn, for whatever reason, I invite you to put that aside for at least the time it takes to read this article.
Jan 22, 2011 | Feature Articles
ORIGNAL ARTICLE Recent blog interactions with Rob Hopkins of Transition Culture U.K. and U.S. commentators show some serious disagreements both within the movement and with other activists in the Peak Oil and Climate Change world. Three key articles were recently...
Jan 21, 2011 | Feature Articles
This isn’t a future you can, or should, face alone. How to make sure you don’t have to
Jan 20, 2011 | Feature Articles
That’s the way civilizations end, and that’s the way ours is ending. The phrasing is deliberate: “is ending,” not “will end.” If I’m right, we’re already half a lifetime into the decline and fall of industrial civilization. It can be challenging to keep that awareness in mind when wrestling with the day to day details of getting by in an ailing, sclerotic nation with a half-failed economy – or, for that matter, when trying out some of the technologies and tricks I’ve been discussing here in recent months. Still, it’s worth making the attempt, because the wider view arguably makes it a bit easier to keep current events in perspective and plan for the future in which we will all, after all, be spending the rest of our lives.
Jan 20, 2011 | Feature Articles
ORIGINAL ARTICLE This article is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of Richard’s new book (working title ‘The End of Growth’), which is set for publication in July 2011. Given the urgency and fragility of the global economic crisis, we will be serializing the...
Jan 19, 2011 | Feature Articles
ORIGINAL ARTICLE In business school, we were taught to assess investment options to maximize financial return. I don’t recall that the professor ever mentioned that this meant maximizing returns to people who have money—to make rich people richer. Or that money is...
Jan 17, 2011 | Carolyn's Articles
[Industrial] civilization does not occur among healthy people. ~Ken Carey, Return of The Bird People~ In the days following the tragic Tucson massacre where Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was critically wounded and several other individuals shot and killed by...