After you've viewed this infographic from learnstuff.com, read Guy McPherson's update of climate change timing projections as of January 2013. Okay, now read Guy McPherson's update of climate change timing projections as of January 2013. It brings us … [Read more...]
Prairie Fire – Revolutionize the Food System
September 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Novelist Dan Armstrong's Prairie Fire is a fast-paced thriller whose characters forge unlikely alliances to revolutionize the American food system. It's spearheaded by farmers squeezed by skyrocketing oil prices while marketeers get whopping price gains. This revolution is … [Read more...]
Solving the Environmental Crises – We Can Do It!
August 29, 2012 By
Futurist Guy Dauncey's enthusiastic determination is absolutely infectious! The author of Climate Change: 101 Solutions to Global Warming sees multiple environmental crises descending on us all at once. He points to numerous historical examples of our coming together … [Read more...]
Guy Dauncey & Joanna Macy: the Great Transition
August 21, 2012 By 3 Comments
Things are heating up quite seriously. Smoke from enormous wildfires many miles north drifts into the river canyon beside us. The Midwest drought finds the land in far worse condition than the last massive droughts in the 1930s, and a world far more dependent on its food … [Read more...]
Peak Oil Blues — We’re All Bozos on this Bus
August 13, 2011 By 5 Comments
"My own reaction seemed so crazy to me," says psychologist Kathy McMahon of her response to Peak Oil. Wondering if she was the only "wacko", she started the Peak Oil Blues blog to explore her own and readers' responses. As the "Peak Shrink," Kathy formulated a delightfully … [Read more...]
Managing the 21st Century’s Sustainability Crises
March 26, 2011 By 3 Comments
"There are no real solutions, there are only responses." So say the expert contributors in The Post Carbon Reader, pointing to society's complex, interdependent systems squeezed by growing demand and declining resources. Co-editor Daniel Lerch tells us renewable energy will … [Read more...]
How to Boil a Frog – Meet the Filmmaker
January 16, 2011 By 4 Comments
Filmmaker Jon Cooksey is one funny guy, even while presenting the most serious problems facing humanity. In this fast-paced conversation, he gallops all over the map with five big problems, five big solutions, and a playful and heartfelt approach. Wacky, sobering, full of … [Read more...]
The many faces of Jon Cooksey, star of “How to Boil A Frog”
January 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As the central actor in his documentary "How to Boil A Frog," Jon Cooksey brings his delicious brand of humor to the serious content by taking on many personnas. Jon's range of expressions is astounding. These frames are from How to Boil A Frog - Meet the Filmmaker (episode … [Read more...]
Daniel Lerch and The Post Carbon Reader
December 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
December 15, 2010. Seattle, WA. The final week of our 2010 Pacific Northwest Tour. We left Seattle December 15th amid pouring rain and packed freeways a bit before the so-called rush hour, reminding us why automobile-dependent suburbs and outlying areas will have the … [Read more...]
The Waking-Up Syndrome
August 20, 2009 By 1 Comment
Ecopsychologist Sarah Edwards, PhD, explains stages people often go through when facing the implications of climate change and resource depletion. She outlines various aspects of Denial, Anxiety, Awakening, Despair, Powerlessness and eventual Acceptance. Differentiating … [Read more...]
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