An Uncomfortable Truth: A Tyranny of the Majority on Campuses
(Picture: University of Missouri students)Originally posted on epforeverfree.tumblr.comWritten by Antioch College Professor, Kevin McGruderThe abrupt resignation of Timothy Wolfe, president of the...
View ArticleSyria, Climate Change and the Horror in Paris
Originally posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comWritten by Community Solutions Fellow, Kurt CobbAs the world mourns those who died in Paris last week in a killing spree for which the Islamic State in...
View ArticleDark Gold: The Human Shadow and the Global Crisis
Written by Community Solutions Fellow, Carolyn BakerDark Gold: The Human Shadow And The Global Crisis endeavors to educate, challenge, and most importantly inspire the reader to engage with the shadow...
View ArticleReview: 21 Stories of Transition and the Great Imagining: Why Transition Matters
Originally posted on transitionnetwork.orgWritten by Eric LindbergRio, Kyoto, Copenhagen, and ParisIn December, representatives from governments from across the Earth will descend upon Paris in hopes,...
View ArticleWhat are the Essential Elements for Successfully Building Community Resilience?
Originally posted on resilence.orgWritten by Asher MillerIntroducing Six Foundations for Building Community Resilience, PCI’s new report which describes how communities can approach the full scope of...
View ArticleMoving Beyond “Too Little, Too Late” Solutions: A renewed look at soil and...
Written by Community Solutions Fellow, Peter BaneSoil and water cycles have been systematically overlooked by climate scientists seeking the causal mechanism for global heating. Though climbing carbon...
View ArticleClimate change is our grand narrative now
Originally posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comWritten by Community Solutions Fellow, Kurt CobbThere is the story of our personal lives: our family, our friends, our jobs, our hobbies. There is the...
View ArticleSo What's the Story Here?
Written by Energy Tinkerer, WimbiWhen I succumb to my ever-present temptation to give diatribes re climate change to friends, the usual reaction, aside from their universal intense desire to change the...
View ArticleLess Meat, Less Heat: The Overlooked Climate Strategy
Originally posted on simplicitycollective.comWritten by Nicholas Bowles, Mark Pershin, and Community Solutions Fellow, Samuel AlexanderSometimes the best way to respond to a problem is overlooked...
View ArticleAdapting to the Loss of Winter
Written by Community Solutions Board Member, Kirk L. Rowe, Ph.D, ABPP, Clinical NeuropsychologistI had the pleasure of being stationed at Eglin Air Force Base in 2010 withits beautiful, white sandy...
View ArticleTPP: Americans and Vietnamese lose. Big corporations win.
Written by Chuck Searcy and Lady Borton Now that the United States, Vietnam, and ten other nations have signed the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) – and the text, finally, has been released to the...
View ArticleMessage from Paris: We can reverse global warming
Originally posted on commondreams.orgWritten by Ronnie Cummins“Humanity stands at the edge of an abyss. We have destroyed the planet, its biodiversity, our water and the climate, and through this...
View ArticleFossil-Fuel Divestment: Folly or Inevitability
Originally posted on huffingtonpost.comWritten by Community Solutions Fellow, Bob BrechaThe worldwide movement to divest endowments and pension funds from fossil fuel holdings is growing rapidly,...
View ArticlePlenty of Oil
Written by Energy Tinkerer, WimbiA man feels himself in need of some energy, so he goes to the lady who deals in that sort of thing, and orders some oil. To his surprise and delight, she gives him a...
View ArticleDecember 2015 Update
December 2015 updateWe are having a moving experience.After 75 years in offices at 114 East Whiteman Street, Yellow Springs, Ohio, Community Solutions is moving to the campus of Antioch College where...
View ArticleFive energy surprises for 2016: The possible and the improbable
Originally posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comBy Kurt CobbMany energy analysts like to make predictions at the end of the year for the coming year. Instead, I'll point to five possible surprises in...
View ArticleNuclear Power - The Solution to Future Energy and Climate Challenges?
Originally Posed on Huffingtonpost.comby Bob BrechaNuclear power is often touted as being an important tool in the array of measures needed to help prevent climate change. Some environmentalists and...
View ArticleMy Journey Toward Degrowth
Originally Posted on www.degrowth.deby Sam BlissGrowth means a process of increasing in physical size. When we think of economic growth, it is difficult to fathom what exactly grows, since ‘the...
View ArticleThe Future Speaks
By wimbi After my usual normal American day of doing my bit to ruin the planet for the future, I was suddenly smitten bya twinge of guilt, probably a remnant of grammar school lectures on sin come...
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