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Climate activists often demand optimism, thinking it is essential for change. Climate deniers denounce talk of human extinction as nonsensical doomerism. ‘Who would have thought that both camps have a psychological mindset in common? A naïve optimism that human beings are just so clever that it will all turn out OK… As human beings, weContinue reading “The human race is not special”

‘Humanity’s modification of the water cycle has pushed the world further beyond a safe operating space for continued life on Earth, say scientists… Based on the findings, water is now the sixth boundary to be transgressed, out of the nine identified by the Planetary Boundaries Framework’. This is #Collapse. We can keep spinning fantasies ofContinue reading “Another planetary boundary blown”

How many reasons are there to #TalkCollapse? Civilisations always collapse, inevitably Collapse of global industrial civilisation is real Collapse of global industrial civilisation is happening now Collapse denial leads to maladaptive action Telling lies about a bright green future is a pathway to despair Telling the truth is an antidote to despair You will findContinue reading “Reasons to #TalkCollapse”

Over the course of an hour, University of Vermont academic and founder of Quillwood Academy, Eric Garza, talks #JustCollapse with Dr Kate Booth and Tristan Sykes, covering a range of issues – justice, overshoot, colonialism, structural violence, place-based action, denial, privilege, adaptation, maladaptation, clear eyed realism, zeitgeist shifting, consumerism, the military industrial complex, and more.Continue reading “Quillwood podcast – available now!”

Because they #TalkCollapse, Kate and Tristan, co-founders of #JustCollapse, have been accused of – running a ‘happy-clappy’ cult, being in the pay of Big Oil, promoting ecofascism, being solely responsible for government inaction on climate change and, when citing the laws of physics, of ‘generally making shit up’. Join Kate and Tristan live at theContinue reading “#TalkCollapse LIVE”

‘I’m aware that all this sounds a bit pessimistic. But planning for the worst possible scenario is not pessimistic—it is simply prudent. It is what you do when you put on your seat belt before driving a car. So, let’s ask ourselves practical questions: Can anything be done to avoid collapses? Or at least toContinue reading “Why complex systems collapse faster”

The #GreatAcceleration has defined existence for the last 100 years – the rapid and intense expansion of human impact on the biophysical world. What goes up must come down, and flipping the #GreatAcceleration graph starkly illustrates the #GreatDescent. Global modern techno-industrial civilisation is now collapsing, having destroyed and consumed the very things that enabled itContinue reading “The Great Descent”

More and more people are becoming ‘collapse aware’ – becoming collapse-conscious and desperately looking for ways to avoid the inevitable. This is maladaptive and often best serves the maintainance of the status-quo and business/politics as usual. What then does it mean to become “collapse accepting”? This form of collapse-consciousness accepts the inevitability of collapse, recognisesContinue reading “Collapse Acceptance”

Just Collapse appreciates and values all the responses, answers and guesses we’ve had to our logo competition. Subjective interpretation of symbol is at the very foundation of language. This is when we began to express ourselves and our ideas in the canvas of the dirt, the sand, and the stone. Congratulations to the winner! ‘dystopod’Continue reading “The logo winner”

Finger pointing will not save global modern techno-industrial civilisation from collapse. After 50 years of overshoot we are beyond solutions and remedies. On this severely degraded planet, what remains is the fight for justice – to nudge our descent away from a sheer cliff and towards a steep slide. A #PlannedCollapse is a #JustCollapse.