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Collapse is out of our hands, be it through climate change, or conflict. Insiders observe, the world is teetering on the edge of nuclear war citing a one in four chance of annihilation. As former New York Times war correspondent Chris Hedges explains: “They are vain enough and stupid enough to blow up the worldContinue reading “Love the Bomb”

“As someone who’s already experienced societal breakdown, here’s the truth: America has already collapsed. What you’re feeling is exactly how it feels. It’s Saturday and you’re thinking about food while the world is on fire. This is normal. This is life during collapse.” Read more Global collapse is now, even if life still feels relativelyContinue reading “Life during collapse?”

If we don’t talk, we won’t know, and we can’t plan: As the world hurtles into an unplanned reactive collapse, calls for eternal positivity and faith in yet-to-be-invented technologies, are precluding necessary planning and preparation. Hear from Richard Heinberg (Post Carbon Institute), Dr Kate Booth (University of Tasmania) and Tristan Sykes (Just Collapse) as theyContinue reading “#TalkCollapse forum video”

Richard Heinberg is author of the new book, ‘Power: Limits and prospects for human survival’. Humanity must act quickly to prevent environmental and economic collapse. But is it even possible for human beings to deliberately rein in our power? What action is realistic and necessary? Hear more from Richard in this upcoming #collapse forum, inContinue reading “#TalkCollapse with Richard Heinberg”

Scientists say we need to #TalkCollapse. We argue that this emerging science must not shy away from ‘doom-saying’ as the consequences of #overshoot defy simplistic analysis: “Although a body of scientific research exists on historical and archeological cases of collapse, discussions of mechanisms whereby climate change might cause the collapse of current civilizations has mostlyContinue reading “Scientists #TalkCollapse”

What questions do you want answers to? Last year, at the ‘Approaching Collapse’ forum we fielded questions from an international audience. In a week’s time, we are participating in the ‘It’s Serious: Time to #TalkCollapse’ forum and we would like to hear questions from you. Attach your questions on this post or join us onContinue reading “You have a question?”

Two plans for a #JustCollapse. One, bottom-up via #InsurgentPlanning and the other, top-down via PLAN E. In mid-October, Dr Liz Boulton speaks about PLAN E – how to enact a community climate and ecological emergency response. As Liz outlines in this podcast, it’s one of the most equitable and holistic approaches to planning for climateContinue reading “Bottom-up or top-down?”

It’s serious. Time to #TalkCollapse If we don’t talk, we won’t know, and we can’t plan. REGISTRATION As the world hurtles into an unplanned reactive collapse, calls for eternal positivity and faith in yet-to-be-invented technologies, are precluding necessary planning and preparation. Join us as we #TalkCollapse and set the ground work for taking realistic andContinue reading “Online international forum”

It is no coincidence that these three graphs bear a near 1:1 correlation. Some ‘solutions’ or pathways out of the climate crisis claim that energy, CO2 and GDP can be decoupled; that we can grow or produce equivalent energy without emitting CO2. This is not the case – decoupling has been debunked. Collapse is inevitable,Continue reading “Decoupling debunked”

#CollapseActivism: ‘If we want to build the kind of mass movement that can tackle this crisis, we need to think about equipping communities with the skills and tools to deal with climate impacts… The climate has changed, and we need to change our organizing and movements to deal with this new reality.’ Collapse is inevitable,Continue reading “Insurgent Planning”