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About Erik Curren

Erik Curren is the publisher of Transition Voice and the author of four books on Buddhism and solar power. His most recent title, Abolish Oil Now! Abolitionists Beat Slavery and Can Beat Climate Change, was published in October 2021.

My Book ‘Abolish Oil Now!’ Just Published

By Erik Curren | October 6, 2021

Abolish Oil Now! cover

My new book Abolish Oil Now! just came out a few days ago. I've been working on it for two years, so I'm glad that it has come out in time for the COP26 United Nations Climate Change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, starting at the end of October. This is the 26th year that leaders of the world's nations have met to avert the threat of runaway climate disruption. And despite … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: activism, climate change

Recyling is Dying. Good Riddance.

By Erik Curren | May 26, 2021

Recycling is dying

First they stopped coming for the plastic bottles, and I did not speak out -- Because I don't use many plastic bottles. Then they stopped coming for the cardboard, and I did not speak out -- Because I can burn my cardboard in the chiminea in the backyard. Then they stopped coming for the aluminum cans -- And since I drink cold beverages from cans, that's when they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: electric vehicles, Prius, recycling

No Better Chance than Covid to Read ‘The Plague’ by Camus

By Erik Curren | October 18, 2020

The Plague by Albert Camus

Is The Plague the greatest novel of the second half of the twentieth century? I'm not sure, but the 1947 existentialist classic by Albert Camus is entertaining and powerfully written. And these days, it's got special appeal, which is why sales of the book have skyrocketed since the pandemic hit. Camus Knew What Environmentalists Ignore Environmentalists have claimed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Reviews Tagged With: climate change, health

Trump is our Worst Kleptocrat, but He Won’t Be our Last

By Erik Curren | October 11, 2020

On Corruption in America by Sarah Chayes

Donald Trump is an especially brazen version of a kleptocrat, the kind of ruler who uses his public office to enrich himself, his family and his cronies. Trump's no-shame approach to pilfering public coffers may horrify Americans, who are used to a more genteel and discreet approach to self-dealing by the rich and powerful, though tinpot dictators from Nigeria to Brazil are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Transition Tagged With: corruption, plutocracy

How to Talk to a Climate ‘Skeptic’

By Erik Curren | September 10, 2019

We originally published this piece in September of 2010, but because we still get comments from climate science deniers, as a service to our readers, we've just updated it and published it again. -- Editor We've all had the experience: Arguing with somebody who doesn't believe that climate change is real. You know there's no way to win. You'll never convince a real science … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: climate skeptics, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Oct 2010, United Nations

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