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How oil crisis nearly shut down Europe in 2000

By Staff Reports | August 7, 2013

Hurricane Sandy gas line

A fascinating retrospective by Kathy McMahon, a clinical psychologist who blogs as “Dr. K., the Peak [oil] Shrink,” details the little known (in this country) and little remembered (anywhere) story of what happened when the oil supply of some industrial European countries was briefly interrupted by their own citizens. The breathtaking speed with which the grocery stores … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: economic collapse, European Union, France, Kathy McMahon, United Kingdom

Convergence: A novel of a catastrophic future

By Staff Reports | July 12, 2013

quarantine on plane

Below is an excerpt from Convergence: A Novel of a Catastrophic Future by Paul Boerger. The novel deals with a global collapse due to climate shift, endless wars and a global pandemic "converging" to end civilization. The piece below is a version of the book's Chapter 1 condensed by the author for Transition Voice. 2220 CE Post-convergence, North American survivor enclave “It … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: economic collapse, oil war, pandemic, Paul Boerger

The natural limits of confronting our limits

By Carolyn Baker | May 31, 2013

television after the collapse

LOAVES AND FISHES This is not the age of information. This is not the age of information. Forget the news, and the radio, and the blurred screen. This is the time of loaves and fishes. People are hungry, and one good word is bread for a thousand. -David Whyte It’s Memorial Day, 2013, and I’m awaiting my flight to Denver from Baltimore. This year, re-entry from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: Age of Limits, Carolyn Baker, David Whyte, economic collapse, Mary Oliver, psychology

You built that: 3 top strategies for resilience

By Erik Curren | October 17, 2012

letterpress

President Obama aroused the GOP's ire for reminding business owners of the obvious point that their success relies in part on roads and bridges built at public expense. But the rest of us would do well not to place too much faith in big government in the uncertain times coming with peak oil, climate change and economic collapse. Whether you think we're facing another … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: Barack Obama, climate change, economic collapse, environmental economics, peak oil, resilience

Climate change a threat multiplier for global crisis

By R. Michael Conley | August 17, 2012

lightning storm

This article is re-posted, with permission, from R. Michael Conley's "Weathering the Storm" email newsletter, intended to explain the coming crisis brought on by climate change, peak oil and the economic crisis to business leaders. -- Ed. The forces of the perfect storm are intensifying; the danger more imminent. Its fury will intensify as colliding forces reach critical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate, Transition Tagged With: climate change, economic collapse, peak oil

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