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.
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.
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.
This isn’t a future you can, or should, face alone. How to make sure you don’t have to
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.