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Why the world needs Transition

By Erik Curren | January 31, 2014

new economy infographic

There are many approaches to the three main crises threatening civilization today, namely, climate change, peak oil and economic crisis. The problem is that most of them won't work. Weak and cowardly Most responses to these huge problems are too little, too late. For example, even though stimulus (spend more) and austerity (make big cuts) take opposite approaches to fixing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: climate change, Gaylord Nelson, Great Recession, infographic, peak oil, Wall Street, Wendell Berry

Growing up in the first Great Depression

By Staff Reports | April 9, 2012

It seems that gone are the days of finding Grandma's thrifty old ways and viewpoints amusing and charmingly old fashioned. But are we missing out on not only a resource that's much needed today in hearing about how our grandparents used to live, but also simply tuning into and honoring the wisdom of the elders? As the US faces an uncertain future, financially as well as in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Films Tagged With: conservation, DIY, economy, Great Recession, homesteading, local economy, Peak Moment TV, relocalization

A course to keep you from crashing

By Erik Curren | December 8, 2011

collapsing villa in Finland

If you still think professional economists have any authority left to talk about finance, debt and banking, remember that most of them failed to predict the Great Recession of 2008. Then consider how many of those same financial experts have been saying on and off since the crash that the economy has entered a recovery, even if only a "jobless" one. Recovery? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Chris Martenson, economics, economists, futurology, Great Recession

America isn’t broke just yet

By Erik Curren | November 10, 2011

Peak oil, which will bring the end of economic growth, may bankrupt the United States sooner than anybody thinks. But in the meantime, when our problems are more about finance than energy, there still seems to be plenty of money to go around if you can get your hands on it. Rich people have always been first at the line for government handouts, but ever since Ronald Reagan, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Annie Leonard, economic growth, Great Recession, Story of Stuff

The shock doctrine hits climate change

By Erik Curren | April 4, 2011

threat level poster

"Only a crisis produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around," said free-market saint Milton Friedman. Today, as the world reels from recession, unemployment and civil unrest all while facing an oil shock and worsening symptoms of climate change, Friedman's disciples hope to capitalize on today's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: climate skeptics, Great Recession, Naomi Klein, plutocracy, Totnes, unemployment

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