Where are we going?
Ed. note: Nate Hagens gave this talk on Earth Day on April 23, 2018 at The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas. What follows is an essay loosely related to the talk. The Human Predicament Around 11,000 years ago, as the...
Politics versus the Future: Canada’s Orwellian Energy Standoff
Governments telling us we must increase emissions from oil and gas production in order to meet emissions reduction targets would make George Orwell proud.
Pre-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the imagination with Lise van Susteren
A while ago I was reading a report about the psychological impacts of climate change, and came across the term ‘pre-traumatic stress disorder’. It fascinated me. The author of the piece that discussed the idea was Lise van Susteren. Lise...
Is Inequality in America Irreversible?
An excerpt from Chuck Collins’ new book, “Is Inequality in America Irreversible?” A Front Row Seat to Inequality I grew up in an affluent family in the wealthy Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. I attended an elite boy’s...
The End of Growth, Seven Years Later
The end of growth has been postponed as long as is humanly possible. It’s far past time to come to terms with ecological reality and make a deliberate transition to a post-growth regime.
The Problem with EIA Shale Gas and Tight Oil Forecasts
Each year the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) produces forecasts of U.S. oil and gas production in its Annual Energy Outlook (AEO), which is widely viewed as an authoritative assessment of what to expect for future U.S. oil and...
Getting Past Trump, Part 3: The Futility of “Big Green” Activism: A Conversation With Tim DeChristopher
If environmentalists hope to have any real success in the age of Trump, they will have to change strategies and tactics in response to a transformed political and social context.
A Dazzlingly Delicious Taste of the Future in Liége
Something really amazing is happening in Liége in Belgium. I was last there 4 years ago, where I gave talks and did meetings in support of Liege en Transition, and to attend a meeting to promote a project...
A River’s Right to Flow
Do rivers have a right to water? As dams and diversions deplete flows, it’s a question environmental advocates and legal scholars are asking more and more. Over the last decade, rivers in Ecuador and New Zealand have won legal...
Richard Heinberg on Sustainable Nation Podcast
Right now, we are on track for not a very happy energy future unless something changes. And of course that’s why we do our work to raise the alarm and help people to understand where we are.