Author Archives: juscoll

Scientist drops the F-bomb

“We’re fucked!” proclaimed glaciologist Jason Box. Other scientists, like Gavin Schmidt, were defensive: “There’s no actual evidence that anything dramatically different is going on in the Arctic, other than the fact that it’s melting pretty much everywhere.” Lol! That was eight years ago, and emissions continue to rise. Act now for a #JustCollapse! https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a36228/ballad-of-the-sad-climatologists-0815/

Green Transition (Not)

A ‘renewables’ transition is a proposed solution to climate change, but did you know that a ‘renewables’ transition isn’t possible without coal and a minerals mining boom? This is no solution. #TalkCollapse for a #JustCollapse. The full seminar is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULNEB1fkQDU&t=3059s Presentation slides are available here: https://www.slideshare.net/KateBooth6/rethinking-sustainability-and-the-green-transitionpptx

Bicycle graveyards

Our #overshoot predicament defies simple or technical solutions. These solutions are maladaptive as they fail to recognise the true nature of our ‘wicked problem’. However strangely ‘beautiful’ these images may be, they tell the story of our collective inability to recognise ecological limits and planetary boundaries. One more reason to #TalkCollapse. The unexpected beauty ofContinue reading “Bicycle graveyards”

Greening ourselves to extinction

“From the push to replace fuel-engine vehicles with electric ones, to so-called climate-smart agriculture, to protected areas for nature conservation and massive tree planting projects for carbon offsets… All this trickery is called “greening” and it is designed to profit off of climate fears, not stop climate change. While guaranteeing high returns, this deception isContinue reading “Greening ourselves to extinction”

Having a baby as the planet collapses

“Often people who choose not to have children feel the need to explain the decision to others. [A different] approach would mean the reverse: requiring that people who wish to ethically bring someone into the world must themselves address difficult questions… A just society values everyone being able to pursue having a child if theyContinue reading “Having a baby as the planet collapses”

“We don’t ‘get’ complexity”

“One result of our evolutionary heritage is that contemporary humans tend to respond to problems in relatively simplistic, reductionist, mechanical ways… we don’t ‘get’ complexity… [we are] a coyote suspended above an abyss, believing he still stands on solid ground. We are in the interval before he notices he is in thin air and plummetsContinue reading ““We don’t ‘get’ complexity””