Writer, designer, ecopsychologist

Believe it or not, people. A 2-hour "what if" special on mainstream network primetime, talking about the consequences of runaway population, resource depletion, peak oil, climate change and more.

Guest interviewees included James Howard Kunstler and Richard Heinberg.

I wish I would have tuned in sooner than more than halfway in, but here are some videos and more info on what this was about:

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Earth2100/Story?id=7697237&page=2

This is the first time I've see… Continue

Here's an article on why gas prices are rising despite soft demand and a glut of supply. I'm wondering what you all think of the very last paragraph - an IEA prediction that oil will be $130 a barrel in 2030 and that by then, the price of oil will follow the supply/demand model.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090529/wl_time/08599190144600

This past Monday, April 13th, a group of 10 folks from Transition broke ground on a 1 acre permaculture community garden in Broomfield. The garden is located at the Broomfield Presbyterian Church in Broomfield at 350 Main Street.

The pastor of this church had previously arranged for this acre to be cultivated organically for the benefit of the poor and hungry with the supervision of one of our group members (who is a farmer), but there were no funds this year to pay for a tractor and labor. Not… Continue

Belo Horizonte, Brazil is a city that re-localized food production and reduced their infant mortality rate by more than half and benefited more than 40 percent of the city's 2.5 million population. They replaced processed, imported food in school lunches with locally grown food.

This is an excellent example of how re-localizing food production can be a tremendous success and actually does increase resilience and food security.

Check out the full article on Grist.org:

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The moment we first heard about peak oil and climate change, we began to go through the "Six Stages of Awareness". These are similar to the stages of grief. You may go through the list and recognize yourself in one of the stages, or recognize your friends and loved ones.

The point is to recognize that you're not alone in how you feel, nor are your feelings arbitrary. These things come in stages, and what you want in a time like this is to see that the last stage is acceptance, and therefore pos… Continue