Surviving S-Town
Spoiler alert: If you haven’t yet listened to S-Town podcast you might want to do so before reading the following essay, which discusses key facts revealed during the course of the story. I admit, it was strange to hear...
Goodbye Administrative State, Hello Community Resilience
White House strategist Steve Bannon’s project for the “deconstruction of the administrative state” appears to be out of the starting blocks and well on its way toward a glorious victory lap. Using executive orders and other directives, President Trump...
The Question I Get Asked the Most
The questions come after talks, on Twitter, in the days’ incoming tide of email—sometimes even in old-fashioned letters that arrive in envelopes. The most common one by far is also the simplest: What can I do? I bet I’ve...
Publishing on Climate in the Age of Trump
It wasn’t that long ago that the world seemed almost giddy about the climate issue. In late 2015, nations had come together in Paris and reached a landmark agreement to keep global warming in check. Among the reasons to...
Farmers, Brewers, and Conservationists Partner to Keep a River Flowing
The fact that a pint of beer requires a whopping 37 gallons (140 liters) of water to produce can turn a favorite beverage into a guilty pleasure. But what if, instead, each hoppy sip helped add flow to a...
Think Resilience Chapter 2: Energy
Post Carbon Institute Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg sat down to deliver a 22-chapter lecture series entitled “Think Resilience: Preparing Communities for the Rest of the 21st Century,” which explores how communities can build resilience in the face of our...
Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Spell Disaster for Low-income Communities
While the Trump administration says it wants to help low-income Americans, it just put forth a budget that puts wealthy Americans first, Chuck Collins told Rising Up with Sonali. “They’ve been trampled by the traditional Republican shrink government agenda:...
Why I’m writing a book about imagination
Today I want to tell you about a change to my role, and to what I will be doing for the next 12 months. As we celebrate 10 years of Transition Network, I am fortunate to have been offered...
Think Resilience: Introduction
Post Carbon Institute Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg sat down to deliver a 22-chapter lecture series entitled “Think Resilience: Preparing Communities for the Rest of the 21st Century,” which explores how communities can build resilience in the face of our...
The Curse of the iPad Stalks the Land or In Praise of Boredom
Last night I watched the latest episode of Panorama, ‘Sleepless Britain’. It explored the problems of sleeplessness faced by many families, with visits to hospital caused by poor sleep having tripled in the last 10 years. A generation of...