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ASK A QUESTION: This online, international forum is only a week away – limited registrations remaining! If you have a question for the panel, get ahead of the pack by asking it now in the comments and we will include it in the Q&A. #TalkCollapse for a #JustCollapse.

Microplastics killing food production! New scientific analysis estimates up to “…14% of the world’s staple crops of wheat, rice and maize is being lost due to the pervasive particles. It could get even worse, the scientists said, as more microplastics pour into the environment.” There is no sustaining the #unsustainable, which is why we mustContinue reading “Microplastics killing food production!”

More evidence of accelerating climate-ecological collapse: ‘Wildfires and fossil fuel burning in 2024 contributed to the biggest annual rise in atmospheric CO2.’ #TalkCollapse  https://www.newscientist.com/article/2464408-air-monitoring-station-records-biggest-ever-jump-in-atmospheric-co2/

#Unsustainable toxic legacy lingers long after humans are gone: ‘All of the stuff made by humans by 1950 was a small fraction of the mass of all the living matter on Earth. But today it outweighs all plants, animals and microbes… “This stuff is going to last millions of years, some releasing its toxins andContinue reading “Lingering toxic legacy”

THIS IS COLLAPSE – a groundbreaking international panel of activists and academics discuss global collapse, calling for local preparedness and action. This online event is hosted by the University of Tasmania. #TalkCollapse for a #JustCollapse! 

Guardian columnist, George Monbiot joins the #JustCollapse zeitgeist: “Start with this principle: don’t face your fears alone. Make friends, meet your neighbours, set up support networks, help those who are struggling. Since the dawn of humankind, those with robust social networks have been more resilient than those without. Discuss what we confront, explore the meansContinue reading “George Monbiot joins the #JustCollapse zeigeist”

Collapse Camp 2025 – Germany: “As much as we have fought against it, the crises are taking hold. The creeping collapse of ecosystems and societies has begun…” and around the world people are organising for justice and solidarity in collapse. Don’t just collapse, #JustCollapse!  Collapse Camp website: https://kollapscamp.de

WANTED – Techno-fix Moonshot. #Unsustainable! Over 150 Nobel and World Food prize laureates call for “moonshot” efforts to ramp up industrialised food production as world hunger sets in: ‘All the evidence points to an escalating decline in food productivity if the world continues with business as usual… The impacts of climate change are already reducingContinue reading “Nine meals to chaos”

“Once upon a time, sustainability was a simple proposition – ‘meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’. Today, ‘sustainability’ is one of the deadliest weapons wielded against life on Earth – a facade which hides a dark truth. What is claimed to be ‘sustainable’ is, inContinue reading “New campaign”

“It breaks my heart to say it, to type it. I no longer have ‘hope’. For me, hope that we would achieve something herculean and life-bettering with our predicament was what got me up every morning.” – Sarah Wilson (best-selling author, journalist, and TV presenter).  Collapse acceptance has grown from a small group of marginalised individuals intoContinue reading ““I no longer have hope””