In Conversation: Consumerism After Fossil Fuels
Originally posted on resilience.orgWritten by Richard Heinberg, Annie Leonard, Asher Miller, John de GraafThe creation of the consumer economy—a complex, interconnected system of institutions, goals,...
View ArticleOn Surplus
Originally posted on transitionmilwaukee.orgWritten by conference speaker Eric LindbergCommunity Solutions is featuring the writing of several conference speakers in the lead up to the Charting a New...
View ArticleGMO Industry: The dumbest guys in the room
Written by Community Solutions fellow Kurt CobbOriginally posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comI am now convinced the GMO industry has managed to hire the worst public relations strategists in human...
View ArticleBeyond the Zombie Economy
Written by Johanna MontgomerieOriginally published on resilience.orgEconomic metaphors are important to illustrate the distinct features of specific economic systems that exist at particular times. The...
View ArticlePoppy's Dream
Written by Community Solutions fellow wimbi“Poppy’s Dream,” as narrated on the morning of July 24th 2016Edited for written presentation by his daughterI dreamt I went to a foreign country with my...
View ArticleIn Memory of William Beale
Our friend, mentor, and benefactor William Beale died on Sunday, July 24th, 2016. It was a great privilege to know William, and to be uplifted by his passionate commitment, his indefatigable...
View ArticleYou Can't Handle the Truth
Written by Richard HeinbergOriginally posted on resilience.orgMovie buffs will recognize this title as the most memorable line from “A Few Good Men” (1992), spoken by the character Colonel Jessep,...
View ArticleOil Price and Economic Growth Get Married
Written by Community Solutions fellow Kurt CobbOriginally posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comIt used to be that when it came to the world economy, oil prices and economic growth were more like...
View ArticleOn Surplus--What is Wealth?
Originally posted on transitionmilwaukee.orgWritten by conference speaker Eric LindbergCommunity Solutions is featuring the writing of several conference speakers in the lead up to the Charting a New...
View ArticleThe New System Series: Volume 3
Written by Gus SpethOriginally posted on thenextsystem.orgIn The New Economy: A Living Earth System Model,David Korten contrasts what he calls the self-destructing “suicide economy” we have and a...
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An Updated Version of the "Peak Oil" Story
Originally posted on ourfiniteworld.comWritten by Gail TverbergReprinted with permissionThe Peak Oil story got some things right. Back in 1998, Colin Campbell and Jean Laherrère wrote an article...
View ArticleClimate Change Begins Now (Even if We are Unprepared)
Originally posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comWritten by Community Salutations fellow Kurt CobbAs record floods swept away whole villages in China and India in the month just past, I was reminded...
View ArticleWild Democracy: A Biodiversity of Resistance and Renewal
Written by Community Solutions fellow Samuel AlexanderOriginally posted on simplicitycollective.com I’ve just published a new Simplicity Institute Report, called “Wild Democracy: Resistance and...
View ArticleSurplus, Part 3: How Surplus (Wealth) is Created
Originally posted on transitionmilwaukee.org Written by Conference Speaker Erik LindbergThis is Part 1 of a 2 or 3 part series on the concept of surplus. Surplus is one of the most central features of...
View ArticleFracking and health: What we know from Pennsylvania’s natural gas boom
Originally posted on theconversation.comWritten by Sara G. Rasmussen, Brian S. Schwartz, and Joan A. CaseyThe fracking industry has been an energy success story: Natural gas prices have decreased as...
View ArticleLimitless imagination and physical limits
Originally posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comWritten by Community Solutions Fellow Kurt CobbHumans can imagine lots of things. They can imagine angels and demons. They can imagine whole worlds...
View Article3 Reasons the Standing Rock Sioux Can Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline
Originally posted on yesmagazine.comWritten by Mark TrahantAmerica has more than 2.5 million miles of oil and gas pipelines crossing the country in every direction. So plans to construct the 1,172-mile...
View ArticleIn Production
Written by Conference Speaker Jim Merkel The Hundred Year Plan is a film directed by Jim Merkelin conjunction with The Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions about three societies that have a...
View ArticleDevolution, Revolution and Evolution
Written by Community Solutions Executive Director Susan JenningsWe in the United States are on the eve of an election season that finds a majority of citizens disenchanted and aware that our political...
View ArticleSmall Community, Big Solutions: Antioch College Students Work Toward...
Written by Community Solutions Miller Fellow Rose HardestyAfter 75 years on East Whiteman Street, Community Solutions has moved to a larger office on the campus of Antioch College. Our connection with...
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