“If we’re going to really be present in this predicament, we’re going to have to befriend all of our emotions. So we teach some tools for how to do that. Being present with your body. How does the body fit in with all of this? Then, we teach some tools for how do we really … [Read more...]
Connecting with Ourselves, Each Other, and Earth — Personal Tools for These Times, part 2 (332)
July 14, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Connecting with Ourselves, Each Other, and Earth — Personal Tools for These Times, part 1 (331)
July 9, 2017 By Leave a Comment
“Every single metric [of abrupt climate change] has been accelerating since I took on writing the book [The Impossible Conversation] in 2014,” says Dean Spillane-Walker. “But … the calling of our times, is: who will be together in the face of these predicaments?” Dean and … [Read more...]
Forging Alternatives to the Growth Economy — Examples from the Real World (315)
September 26, 2016 By Leave a Comment
The growth economy is historically relatively recent, and is now consuming 1.5 Earths and growing. Compound interest is sucking the lifeblood out of the real economy, from households to countries. Mike Lewis, co-author of The Resilience Imperative, tells the story of the … [Read more...]
Climate Change and Fukushima – Radio Ecoshock Paints the Big Picture (251)
November 29, 2013 By 1 Comment
Two ongoing environmental events are affecting all life on the planet, even if it's not yet noticeable where you live. Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock is watching climate change and Fukushima very closely. In this program, he summarizes the latest reports and predictions. … [Read more...]
Climate Change and Fukushima: Radio EcoShock meets Peak Moment TV
November 5, 2013 By 1 Comment
October 25, 2013. We videoed a conversation with Alex Smith of Radio EcoShock. It went both ways. I interviewed him primarily about climate change and Fukushima, because he's watching them very closely. He interviewed me about Peak Moment TV guests' "local solutions." These … [Read more...]
Peak Oil Impact on Cities, Survival & Culture – Vancouver 2006
October 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Dealing with Community Change under Stress Seeking out New Leaders In the summer of 2006, we videoed the second seminar on Peak Oil and Oil Shock Impacts on Cities and Society hosted by the Strategic Sustainable Planning Committee of the Vancouver City Planning Commission … [Read more...]
Seeking the Happy Story, part 2 – Reality Ain’t What You Believe (234)
May 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
"If you really grasp the idea that this is not suddenly going to turn around, in six months or a year, you begin to look at your life very differently," says Dr. Kathy McMahon, clinical psychologist and self-named "Peak Shrink." Despite government silence, she declares, the … [Read more...]
Seeking the Happy Story, part 1 – But What Do You Feel? (233)
May 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
We live in a culture that wants only the upbeat response, the story with the happy ending. We marginalize people who express anger or grief about the impossible predicament we're in — societal and ecological collapse. Clinical psychologist Kathy "Peak Shrink" McMahon, uses … [Read more...]
Applying a Peak Oil Filter to Financial Choices (222)
November 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
"If peak oil occurs, it will dominate most everything else that we do, because energy drives everything." Financial consultant Jim Hansen's peak oil filter doesn't just guide investment decisions for his client portfolios. He applies it to his personal lifestyle (you may be … [Read more...]
Prairie Fire – Revolutionize the Food System (219)
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...]
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