|
The Ways of the Force by John Michael Greer
Luke Skywalker had to master the ways of the Force to save the galaxy. We face a similar challenge -- mastering the ways of energy, which are surprisingly counterintuitive to people raised in current ways of thinking -- in order to make use of the limited options still open to us in an age of declining energy supplies.
[If I could get people to read just one article this year, this would be the one. Once you understand how energy works, everything else falls into place. - DavidM, editor] Our Tails Get in the Way: The Problems and Principles of Energy Descent by Sharon Astyk
Review of the Must Read Book: Merchants of Doubt by John Atcheson, Climate Progress
Sailing the Salish Sea: Passenger Service in B.C. by Jan Lundberg, Culture Change
The Ways of the Force by John Michael Greer
Luke Skywalker had to master the ways of the Force to save the galaxy. We face a similar challenge -- mastering the ways of energy, which are surprisingly counterintuitive to people raised in current ways of thinking -- in order to make use of the limited options still open to us in an age of declining energy supplies. Our Tails Get in the Way: The Problems and Principles of Energy Descent by Sharon Astyk
Let us imagine human beings climbing up a rather steep and precarious tree, boosted up by fossil energies into a place we simply could never get to without them. The problems we are facing right now all originate in our fundamental inability to voluntarily set limits - that is, at no point did most of us even recognize the basic necessity of stopping at a point at which we could get down on our own, without our petrocarbon helpers. Review of the Must Read Book: Merchants of Doubt by John Atcheson, Climate Progress
In Merchants of Doubt, Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway take us on a fascinating trip down what they call Tobacco Road. Take the journey with them, and you’ll see renowned scientists abandon science, you’ll see environmentalism equated with communism, and you’ll discover the connection between the Cold War and climate denial. Sailing the Salish Sea: Passenger Service in B.C. by Jan Lundberg, Culture Change
Carson Tak has made history as the first known modern-era sail-powered passenger service captain/entrepreneur... Such a life as Carson Tak's is enviable. However, what he's doing for a living is more than just float and gloat. He raises awareness on the world's oil crisis every time he hoists his sails, and on land as well as sea he participates in sustainable economics: utilizing and promoting the gift economy.Â
 |
