Deficit Reduction = Recession
The math is not difficult. The US has an annual GDP of $14 trillion, and the nation’s current $1 trillion in annual deficit spending is seven percent of its GDP. Growth in GDP has recently been running at about...
Peak oil down to war, depression and geopolitical shifts
Given the increase in the amount of oil that China and India are importing, it looks as if there will be no oil available for other countries to import in another decade, warns expert. In recent months, there has...
A New Era of Energy Abundance?
We’re being told that – thanks to "fracking" for shale gas and oil, and massive stores of tar sands in Canada – the US is undergoing an energy revolution, leading us in a few short years to become virtually...
Is growth the solution or the problem?
Credit: Big Ideas | Download The collapse in economic growth following the Global Financial Crisis has led to millions losing their jobs, their homes and, for some, their prospects for the future. While economists and politicians argue over how to return to...
The Legal Roots Of Resilience
Lady Justice takes us on a tour of resilient communities, and looks into the legal ground work! A movie by the Sustainable Economies Law Center (www.theselc.org). Created by Janelle Orsi, with input from Chris Tittle, Ricardo Nunez, Yassi Eskandari,...
The Real Reason the Economy Is Broken (and Will Stay That Way)
We are far enough and deep enough into the most heroic monetary and fiscal efforts ever undertaken to finally ask, why aren’t these measures working? Or at least we should be. Oddly, many in DC, on Wall Street, and...
Will We have Enough Water? Adapting to a Warming, Water-Stressed World
Sandra Postel recently gave a talk on ‘Will We have Enough Water? Adapting to a Warming, Water-Stressed World’ for the Moos Family Speaker Series on Water Resources. Watch the video here, Sandra’s talk begins at 4:20. Excerpt from A...
Rebuilding the Foodshed: Foreword
Rebuilding the Foodshed by Philip Ackerman-Leist is the latest in Post Carbon Institute’s series of Community Resilience Guides published by Chelsea Green. The book is currently available at a special Friends of PCI discount. To take advantage buy here...
How tough is your skin?
Monbiot, Mann, McKibben, various Transitioners and others on what to do if your Transition initiative comes under attack As Transition groups deepen their work and begin to have a tangible impact, it is, perhaps, inevitable that those who...
Nate Hagens: Things are not going to be as easy over the next 40 years
Recently Karen Rybold-Chin interviewed Nate Hagens, former editor of The Oil Drum and former Lehman Brothers vice president, questioning him about a future economy without growth and an environment suffering climate change. Nate Hagens asks whether ultimately – contrary...