Asher Miller Jason Bradford Rob Dietz
In this episode, Jason, Rob, and Asher talk about some of the magical “solutions” that are being peddled out on the streets of Crazy Town (solar roadways, anyone?!?) and why we’re so quick to jump at technological fixes that...
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...
This is the first in a new lecture series sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Rob Dietz is the program director at the Post Carbon Institute, where he is responsible for guiding projects from conception to...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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?
I want to believe in eternal economic growth. Given what humanity is facing with climate change and other consequences of our collective consumption, it must be awfully comforting to have faith in a cornucopian future where no one ever...
Leading sociologists and environmentalists have identified our economic system as a root cause of many social, economic, and environmental injustices and potential catastrophes. These include the gaping wealth and income disparities, racism, climate warming, and breaching other foundational ecologic...