Let’s get ‘creaturely’: A new worldview can help us face ecological crises
We are but one part of that story, and our place in it should feature earth as our creator, our defender, and—with proper restoration of the Creaturely—our redeemer.
My Car Is Bigger Than Yours (Episode 4 of Crazy Town)
Asher Miller Jason Bradford Rob Dietz
If you jam on the brakes for just a minute and take a look at cars and car culture, you just might find something stinky (maybe even as stinky as the black plume of diesel exhaust emanating from that...
Taking Meaningful Action in a Time of Crisis Event
On April 3rd, Nick Tilsen, Sarah Peters, and Tim DeChristopher will share their personal answers to the central question of our time: In the face of climate change and other crises, what do I do? I hope you can join...
One Point Twenty-One Jigawatts (Episode 3 of Crazy Town)
Asher Miller Jason Bradford Rob Dietz
What would we do without energy? The short answer is, “Nothing, absolutely nothing.” And sadly, most people know next to nothing about energy and its fundamental role in society and life itself.
What a Waste
Our modern industrial economy traces a straight line from resource extraction to manufacturing to sales to waste disposal. Since Earth has finite resources and limited ability to absorb pollution, the straight-line economy is unsustainable; it is designed for eventual failure....
Punching Ronnie in the Mouth (Episode 2 of Crazy Town)
Asher Miller Jason Bradford Rob Dietz
This episode of Crazy Town focuses on the limits to growth, including the growth imperatives built into our economic institutions, and explores how the economy could make a shift toward sustainability. Along the way, Asher, Rob, and Jason take...
Orangutans, Santa Suits, and Airplanes on Fire (Episode 1 of Crazy Town)
Asher Miller Jason Bradford Rob Dietz
Welcome to Crazy Town, where most of the inhabitants just want you to keep contributing to an economy already in overshoot, keep distracting yourself from the most important stories, and (most of all) keep your mouth shut.
Crazy Town: A New Podcast from Post Carbon Institute
Asher Miller Jason Bradford Rob Dietz
If you recognize controversies and hypocrisies like these, then you know what it’s like to live in Crazy Town. Laugh along with Asher, Rob, and Jason (mostly so you don’t cry) as they explore the back alleys, figure out...
Welcome to Crazy Town
Once you’ve started feeling the heaviness of humanity’s collision course with the climate and other life-support systems of our planet, how do you handle it?
The House is on Fire
Life in the early phases of civilizational collapse is filled with absurdities that beg for artful satire. Where is Franz Kafka when we need him? Surely, he could offer a better metaphor than my hackneyed image of a house...