The Islamic Climate Change Declaration Could Be More Effective Than Pope...
Originally posted on newrepublic.comWritten by Emma Foehringer MerchantPope Francis may have soaked up headlines earlier this summer when he published a whopping 192-page encyclical on climate change,...
View ArticleA Future That Works for All
Written by Community Solutions Fellow, Jim MerkelThis film reveals a little know secret: That a future that works for all is not only possible but actually quite simple and democratic. But the journey...
View ArticleDesigning the Landscapes of Energy Descent
Written by Community Solutions Fellow, Peter BaneThe choices we make today will ripple through the economies of the next half-century or longer, so it is important that they be informed by the...
View ArticleAnxiety turns to fear: Markets, energy, Pan and the Zeitgeist
Originally posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comWritten by Community Solutions Fellow, Kurt CobbThe characteristic feeling of the post-2008 world has been one of anxiety. Occasionally, that anxiety...
View ArticleStock market confessions, chaos, complexity and the illusion of control
Originally posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comWritten by Community Solutions Fellow, Kurt CobbIn the old days of the Chinese Cultural Revolution those who said or did something perceived by the...
View ArticleRaven Rocks and Fracking
Originally posted on ic.orgWritten by Susan JenningsEnergy is threaded throughout the history of Raven Rocks, a community in southeastern Ohio near the border of Pennsylvania and West Virginia....
View ArticleEarth as a Petri Dish: The Problem of Growth
Originally posted on simplicitycollective.comWritten by Community Solutions Fellow, Samuel AlexanderThe 1972 publication of Limits to Growth sparked a controversy that has yet to subside. This book...
View ArticleTruth takes a hit in the battle over U.S. oil export ban
Originally posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comWritten by Community Solutions Fellow, Kurt CobbThey say that the first casualty of war is truth. And, on both sides of the fight over lifting the ban...
View ArticleOnly degrowth can be a credible answer to Europe’s current refugee situation
Originally posted on degrowth.deWritten by Dennis EversbergTens of thousands are currently coming to Europe, hoping for a better future. They are fleeing from war, violence, political persecution and...
View ArticleSustained economic growth: United Nations mistakes the poison for the cure
Originally posted on theconversation.comWritten by Community Solutions Fellow, Samuel AlexanderOn the surface, the Sustainable Development Goals, soon to be confirmed by the United Nations, seem noble...
View ArticleArthur Morgan And A Century Of Sustainability
Originally posted on wyso.orgWritten by Community Solutions Fellow, Bob BrechaDuring this week’s sustainability commentary, University of Dayton professor Bob Brecha ties the work of Arthur Morgan and...
View Article'Blood & Oil', North Dakota, and dreams not exactly fulfilled
Originally posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comWritten by Community Solutions Fellow, Kurt CobbLast week a new television series set amidst the North Dakota oil boom debuted. Blood & Oil tells...
View ArticleDeath by Fracking
Originally posted on truthdig.comWritten by Chris HedgesDENVER—The maniacal drive by the human species to extinguish itself includes a variety of lethal pursuits. One of the most efficient is fracking....
View ArticleGoldilocks and the three prices of oil
Originally posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comWritten by Community Solutions Fellow, Kurt CobbWe all know Goldilocks from the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears in which the young maiden...
View ArticleHappy Samhain, Dia De Los Muertos, and Halloween!
Written by Jonna JohnsonLet us use these days to enjoy the thin veil between the worlds, commemorate friends and loved ones who have passed on, and scare the pants off one another. This time of year...
View ArticleWhat is Degrowth? Envisioning a Prosperous Descent
Originally posted on simplicitycollective.comWritten by Community Solutions Fellow, Samuel AlexanderWhen I was a boy, if ever I were amongst a group of people congregating at 9am on a Sunday morning it...
View ArticleThe Patience of the Sea
Originally posted on thearchdruidreport.blogspot.comWritten by John Michael GreerI've commented here more than once that these essays draw their inspiration from quite a variety of sources. This week’s...
View ArticleExxon: We knew climate change was a real threat (but we didn't want you to)
Originally posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comWritten by Community Solutions Fellow, Kurt CobbOne of the big complaints about climate change deniers is that they don't fund any genuine primary...
View ArticleGlobalization and Terror
Originally posted on localfutures.orgWritten by Helena Norberg-HodgeFor people in the modern world, there may be nothing more difficult to comprehend than the group calling itself the Islamic State, or...
View ArticleWhy the Paris Climate Summit Will Be a Peace Conference
Originally posted on tomdispatch.comWritten by Michael KlareAt the end of November, delegations from nearly 200 countries will convene in Paris for what is billed as the most important climate meeting...
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