In Collapse – new book out now

Available at: In Collapse: When Insurance and Climate Collide | Springer Nature Link Preface – by Associate Prof Kate Booth I read Jared Diamond’s Collapse (2005) in my 30s. I couldn’t finish it; it gave me nightmares. I knew, instinctively, that collapse was where the world was heading if things didn’t change significantly. I wouldContinue reading “In Collapse – new book out now”

Mutual Aid – no one left behind

Mutual Aid – what is happening, what has happened, what will happen: “We do not wait for help; we become it. Without permission, we build in the ashes, along the flood plains, and across the fault lines. Disasters keep coming, and we return again and again, not as saviors but as neighbors, kin, and fellowContinue reading “Mutual Aid – no one left behind”

Spoiler alert on the great debate

‘Is it too late to avoid civilizational collapse?’ – debators took to the stage at a popular science festival, broadcast on state media. When #TalkCollapse hits the mainstream, which way will it go? Spoiler alert – #JustCollapse co-founder, A/Prof Kate Booth was on the winning team, The Three Horsewomen of the Apocalypse!  Listen now: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/beaker-street-fest-debate-2025-civilisational-collapse-big-ideas/105837448

‘Died of a delusion’ – the fate of modern civilisation?

“Collapse theory, doomerism, collapsitarianism — call it what you will — is on the rise worldwide as more and more individuals come to the realisation, in the face of overwhelming scientific proofs, that the resources that underpin modern civilisation cannot be sustained in the face of the human lust for ‘growth.’” – Julian Cribb, multi-awardContinue reading “‘Died of a delusion’ – the fate of modern civilisation?”

7 of 9 planetary boundaries crossed!

“The Ocean is our planet’s life-support system. Without healthy seas, there is no healthy planet… Today, acidification is a flashing red warning light on the dashboard of Earth’s stability. Ignore it, and we risk collapsing the very foundation of our living world” – Dr Sylvia Earle. #TalkCollapse for a #JustCollapse #InsurgentPlanning New science: https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ocean-acidification-officially-breaches-planetary-boundary/

NEW – A Tiny Book of Insurgent Planning

“This tiny book of big ideas is about living and acting in hard times. In part, it’s about dispelling the myth that unfolding and irreversible climate-ecological collapse means there is nothing left to do. In collapse, there is more to do now than ever before!” Download now for free: A Tiny Book of Insurgent Planning