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One hundred and seventeen countries ‘failed’ or ‘failing’: Addressing such inequity is just not possible at the scale required and, as collapse unfolds, it is these peoples and places who will be impacted first and foremost. #TalkCollapse for a #JustCollapse, because collapse is inevitable, but justice isn’t.

89 million barrels of oil are used every day. This equates to 14,000 years of fossilised sunshine and 765 million years’ worth of human labour in just one day. These invisible energy slaves cannot be replaced through a ‘renewables’ transition or entirely ameliorated through intentional degrowth. Collapse is inevitable. Justice is not. Act now forContinue reading “Our energy slaves”

In 15 minutes, co-founder of Just Collapse, Tristan Sykes, describes the complex socio-ecological predicament that is collapse and its implications for conflict, geopolitics, and war. Watch now. This recorded presentation was part of World Beyond War’s ‘War in a Changing Climate’ online forum. Collapse (and war) are inevitable. Justice isn’t. Act now for a #JustCollapse.

This controversial statement by Martin Luther King is a plea for socio-ecological justice. Before Limits to Growth had even been published, MLK recognised the dire consequences of infinite growth on a finite planet. The empowerment of women to make choices about their own bodies is a battle that continues to rage around the world. NowContinue reading “Children in a collapsing world?”

Global food systems are becoming increasingly fragile – In face of destabilised climate and ecosystems, political instability and increasing energy and material costs, the complex train of infinite growth is reaching its limits. #Collapse is inevitable. For most of the eight billion hungry humans, it will be an extraordinary shock. #TalkCollapse for socio-ecological justice. AContinue reading “I think I can…”

8 billion people and the well has nearly run dry. The bounty of natural resources built up over millions of years has been used and abused. We are left with devastated ecosystems, a mass-extinction event, a destabilised climate, and catastrophic #overshoot of human population. 8 billion people don’t know it yet, but this is #collapse.

BREAKING NEWS: Nobel Peace Prize nominee blocks collapse truth #JustCollapse delivered a powerful statement on severity of our global predicament in a World Beyond War webinar (38-54mins), to be met with a knee-jerk response from Executive Director David Swanson (www.facebook.com/davidcnswanson). Just Collapse is blocked from commenting on the event on YouTube and the recording hasContinue reading “Nobel Peace Prize nominee blocks collapse truth”

Think that the fossil fuel industry is stopping a ‘renewables’ transition? Think that we are on the cusp of real system change? Think again. Fossil fuel companies are some of the biggest investors in ‘renewables’ and its not about system change, it’s about profit. The extraction, pollution and consumption required for a transition is businessContinue reading “‘Renewables’, the oily truth”

Collapse is inevitable. Having passed through the first of Schopenhauer’s three stages, this dawning reality will likely meet with violent opposition before it is recognised as self evident. #TalkCollapse for socio-ecological justice. Talk collapse for a #JustCollapse.

Join #JustCollapse in conversation with David Swanson (World Against War), Dr Liz Boulton (Destination Safe Earth), and Liz Remmerswaal Hughes (Code Pink). As collapse intensifies, so do conflicts over diminishing resources. How can we pursue socio-ecological justice given the power of the war machine? #TalkCollapse To register for this free online event HERE