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 I'm waking up in the middle of the night a lot more these days. Like so many others, my slumber is being disturbed by dark dreams suffused with a sense of suffocation. My sleep-stopped ears ring with the lamentations of a million no-longer-existent species, my heart is chilled with portents and signs. Even when I awaken the feeling of stifling closeness does not abate. Instead it is amplified by the somnolent snuffling of my numberless neighbours, all cleverly crammed into this small, safe space.
I have had to accept (reluctantly, oh so reluctantly) the evidence... See entire blog item |
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| Life Out Of Balance |
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 Human activity is deeply wounding our planet in many ways. The insults we are heaping on Mother Earth include the deaths of ocean species, the pollution of land, air and water, as well as the destruction of uncountable natural habitats.
Our changing climate is shifting the ranges of many species and altering rainfall patterns around the world. As we go about our business, the creatures... See entire blog item |
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| Reflections on a Vision Quest |
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 A little while ago I went on a solo three-day vision quest. A few days later I posted on the Internet a description of some of the events that happened on it. Since then I've had a chance to reflect on the lessons that have emerged from both the quest itself and my posting of the description. This article describes some of the things I've learned.... See entire blog item
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| The Limits to (Population) Growth |
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 One of my very favourite quotes about population and ecology comes from an unnamed friend on the Internet:
Asking ,"How will we get enough food to feed this growing population?" is a lot like asking "How will we get enough wood to feed this growing bonfire?"
The point of the quote is that... See entire blog item |
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| The Awakening |
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 Around the world during the eight catastrophic years of Bush league government in the United States, then even within the United States following the election of Barack Obama, there has been a swelling murmur of disbelief, dissent and determination. There is a ferment loose in the world.
It's not just about politics, and it's not just in America.... See entire blog item
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| Changing the Dream |
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 I have just been granted a glimpse of the future. This glimpse was not just a further clarification of the dystopian vision that informs the writing of the likes of Jim Kunstler, Matt Savinar and, until recently, my own scribbling. Rather, it was one of those transformative moments in which one's entire... See entire blog item
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| Approaching the Limits to Growth |
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 It requires a good deal of study and preparation to portray the combination of problems facing the world today and in this century. Paul Chefurka has invested that time and energy and over the years has evolved a set of information that portray many aspects of... See entire blog item
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| How Do You Fight the Despair? |
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| In my article The Spiritual Effects of Comprehending the Global Crisis I hint at the very real risk that those who embark on this journey of discovery will fall into a state of despair. At every turn we are confronted with fresh evidence that the problems humanity is facing are bigger than expected, developing faster than expected, and reinforce each other in ways we did not foresee. To make matters worse, the proposed solutions, whether technical or social, seem to be utterly unequal to the task. As a final blow, it appears that even obvious solutions that might help a bit are not being acted on, and that we... See entire blog item |
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| Africa in 2040: The Darkened Continent |
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There is a darkness moving on the face of the land. We catch glimpses of it in newscasts from far-off places that few of us have ever seen. We hear hints of it on the radio, read snippets about it in newspapers and magazines. The stories are always fragmentary, lacking context or connection. They speak of things like inflation in Zimbabwe, war in Chad, electricity problems in Johannesburg, famine... See entire blog item |
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| The Real Deal - We Are Too Successful |
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 When most people look around the world today they see a set of problems. They see energy/technology problems. They see ecological/environmental problems. They see economic problems. If they are slightly deeper thinkers, they may see population problems. I believe they are all suffering from vision problems.
What most people see as "technological problems" are more correctly seen as the set of symptoms of the real underlying problem, symptoms that are that are manifesting... See entire blog item |
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Fossil Fuel
