Dec 30, 2010 | Collapse of Industrial Civilization, Feature Articles
Refusing to face the need for radical change and adaptation only makes the eventual adjustment more traumatic and less likely to succeed.
Dec 30, 2010 | Feature Articles
ORIGINAL ARTICLE This year I have a jump on my predictions – as part of my comparatively new role as Editor of the Peak Oil Review Commentary section, I had the fun of asking a whole lot of smart people what they think is going to happen, and thinking about...
Dec 30, 2010 | Video
Think you’re paying too much for local, organic food? Think again.
Dec 28, 2010 | Carolyn's Articles
Many individuals involved with Transition, including Rob Hopkins, have become fascinated with the work of Christopher Alexander and his development of pattern language. Long before there was a Transition model, Alexander was studying patterns and noticing that any...
Dec 26, 2010 | Ecopsychology
[Think the collapse of industrial civilization is nothing more than a physical phenomenon requiring only logistical preparation? This brilliant New York Times article from earlier this year argues otherwise. It is even more relevant than it was 11 months...
Dec 23, 2010 | Local Solutions
ORIGINAL ARTICLE By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, December 20, 2010; 11:16 PM As 2010 comes to a close, U.S. environmentalists are engaged in their most profound bout of soul-searching in more than a decade. Their top policy priority –...
Dec 23, 2010 | Feature Articles
Check Out A Related News Story: Homeless Squatting In Foreclosed Homes ORIGINAL ARTICLE Ilargi: One of the few things that Stoneleigh and I occasionally disagree on -and there really are but a few- is the rate at which real estate prices will decline. I proudly and...
Dec 22, 2010 | Feature Articles
ORIGINAL ARTICLE New York Times columnist Frank Rich branded himself a new kind of wikileaker in his column, “All the President’s Captors.” Rich diagnosed Obama using “an article titled ‘Understanding Stockholm Syndrome’ in the online archives of The FBI Law...
Dec 20, 2010 | Climate Change/Environment
ORIGINAL ARTICLE Multiple astronomical events are lining up for a rare display of synchronization tonight as a total lunar eclipse overlaps with 2010’s winter solstice. Depending on the location, late night December 20 or early morning December 21, the full moon...
Dec 19, 2010 | Feature Articles
Debt Bomb ORIGINAL ARTICLE All you can still do now is to try and get out of the way of that snowball that’s headed in your direction. Get out of debt. Think about your basic needs. Ilargi: The saying of course says “kicking the can down the road”,...