One of our Peak Moment Conversation viewers wrote, "I am a vicarious 'environmentalist.' That means I wish I could live in an ecologically sustainable lifestyle. It's very hard though when one's partner thinks one is being 'too extreme.' My extremism includes walking to town … [Read more...]
Realistic Expectations
A recent email came around about a free-energy initiative to promote and protect inventors and their technologies. I wrote in reply: New energy sources, even if implemented, beg the question of overshoot. Energy supports food production, which supports increased population, … [Read more...]
Living Lightly: The Drop Box
I'm not holding my breath for technofixes to "solve" energy decline. But I am counting on peoples' cooperation, resourcefulness and ingenuity. Here's one example: … [Read more...]
Scattering Seeds
"To be actively mobilizing toward setting up what might be called ‘seed' communities is the really significant action. If people don't actually get out of the money economy to a significant degree, if they don't create a new land based culture that aids the earth, all the … [Read more...]