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We have passed #PeakCivilisation. After the Great Acceleration, comes the Great Descent. Civilisations have come and gone before, but the scale of modern techno-industrial civilisation makes this collapse unprecedented. Escalating global food and fuel prices are but one precursor of inevitable global collapse. We must seek justice where and when we can; fighting for justiceContinue reading “Forests and deserts”

Global food systems are at breaking point and global food prices are at a record high (Smith 2022; UNFAO 2021). In marking International Women’s Day, we acknowledge that women, among others disadvantaged, marginalised and dispossessed, bear the brunt of food scarcity especially in countries least responsible for the severity of this predicament: ‘Most African nationsContinue reading “Food at breaking point”

Planning: ‘the process of identifying actions required to achieve an outcome’ Collapse: ‘the fall of a socio-ecological system characterized by the loss of complexity, structure and order’ ‘Planning’ and ‘collapse’ are not normally two words that would work together. In these unprecedented times, we explain not only how they do work together but how, inContinue reading “A Planned Collapse. WTF?”

We are damned if we do. We are damned if we don’t. Stopping fossil fuels will collapse us. Not stopping fossil fuels will collapse us. Global civilisation is fossil fueled. Not understanding this predicament leads to maladaptive planning and action. For example, action calling for an end to fossil fuels without talking about collapse leadsContinue reading “Catch 22”

Prof. Rupert Read – ‘…the greatest obstacle to the truth about climate breakdown being fully told and heard is not denial — it is the fear on the part of many activists that, if we were to tell the whole truth, we lose our audience. That fear is understandable, but erroneous. In fact, I wouldContinue reading “#TalkCollapse”

Nearly 50 years of #overshoot increases competition for ever dwindling resources. One symptom of overshoot, climate change, is on the radar of military strategists as the most significant threat-multiplier for geo-political instability. Collapse is inevitable, but some will still seek profit and power on the way down. Take action for a #JustCollapse through a #PlannedCollapse!

Marking the 50th anniversary of the Limits to Growth, one of the original authors describes: ‘Because we haven’t taken effective action in the past, crises are mounting. It’s in the nature of the political response that, when crisis comes, you focus more and more on the short term, and your time horizon shrinks. And becauseContinue reading “50th anniversary, Limits to Growth”

Civilizational collapse has happened before, and is happening now on an unprecedented global scale. Planning has been a tool developed and used on the ‘up’; on the assumption that lives and places are on the improve. Now, we must plan on the ‘down’. A #PlannedCollapse is a #JustCollapse.

Collapse is inevitable; it has already started. This recognition changes the parameters of politics, activism, and planning. Hear how #JustCollapse is formulating a new approach in these unprecedented times, and what motivates and sustains them as collapse activists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i4g-d_bPw4&t=13s #JustCollapse was interviewed by David Baum at the Collapse Club. The Collapse Club is a homeContinue reading “An interview with Just Collapse”

Modern agriculture is fossil fuel dependent. Whether we stop, or continue to use fossil fuel, the collapse of our food systems is inevitable. Meanwhile, fantasies of an agrarian permaculture alternative remain a fantasy: ‘Farming without pesticides and machines doesn’t take us all the way to a stunning new future of abundance for eight billion people.Continue reading “Permaculture and other fantasies”