Yearly Archives: 2017

At the Edge of Extinction only Insanity and Delusion Remains.

I live on a small island in the Hauraki Gulf of Aotearoa, New Zealand. The country was stolen from the indigenous Maori at the point of a blood soaked bayonet on a gun being held by British Imperialists. The permanent

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How Far Over the Climate Precipice are we?

In this episode of “The Progressive Radio Hour” Gary Null and I discuss the severity of the climate crisis and how far over the cliff we really are. The podcast is embedded here: We discuss the on-going, never ending ionising

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Feedback loops, Interviews, Podcasts

Guy McPherson: Pursuing Love and Excellence During Catastrophic Climate Change on our Beloved Planet

Professor Guy McPherson and I were interviewed by Tim Lynch the founder of Green Planet FM in Aotearoa New Zealand on the 2/12/2016. This post is linked to #thetalismanproject The show notes and interview are embedded here;

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We Are So Fucked and Sooner Than Previously Thought!

In my recent interview with the amazing Professor Paul Ehrlich titled, Nature Bats Last on PRN.FM featuring Professor Paul Ehrlich we discussed climate scientists dishonesty/ reticence  in understating the severity of the climate crisis. I’ve toured Aotearoa New Zealand twice

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Collapse, Rapid Climate Change

Full Earth System Sensitivity to CO2 has been Grossly Underestimated

In this one hour long presentation by Professor David Wasdell of the Apollo Gaia Project he explains that we have no available carbon budget and that we are on a trajectory of well over 10 degrees C. This sort of

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Nature Bats Last on PRN.FM featuring Professor Paul Ehrlich

Todays guest on Nature Bats Last on PRN.FM was Professor Paul Ehrlich, author of over 30 books and numerous peer reviewed science papers. Kevin Hester and Professor Ehrlich discuss the unfolding collapse, the nuclear implications of climate change, the Trump

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Biological Annihilation on Earth is Accelerating. Nature Bats Last.

Today I conducted my first interview as ‘Host’ on Nature Nats Last on PRN.FM where I interviewed Professor Guy McPherson, the former host and founder of the show named after Professor McPherson’s website Nature Bats Last . Todays episode of the show

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Feedback loops, Podcasts, Uncategorized

The Myth of Human Progress and the Collapse of Complex Societies. Chris Hedges & Joseph Tainter.

Anyone with an internet connection and the courage to look fate in the face can see collapse either unfolding or coming at us at an exponential rate of knots.The ever reliable Chris Hedges eviscerates capitalism,the U.S. Empire and the deep

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Collapse, Oceans

The ‘Leprosy’ associated with Near Term Human Extinction. #NTHE

I began my part time, unwaged, career in activism, in the late 1970’s in my teens. Growing up in a working class Irish republican family, in the undeniable beauty and grandeur but complex melting pot of a post-colonial Aotearoa New

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Abrupt Climate Change Moving Forward Exponentially

Rob Steimetz and Kevin Hester discuss the non-linear unraveling of the biosphere and the attendant unfolding chaos on Rob’s show on PRN.FM “Moving Forward” Abrupt climate change is well and truly underway and anyone honestly assessing the situation can see

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Habitat, Near Term Human Extinction--NTHE
Kevin Hester

Kevin Hester is currently living on Rakino Island, a small island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand, monitoring the unravelling of the biosphere and volunteering at the Rakino Island Nursery is currently developing a proposal to create a marine reserve near by. The Island has no grid tied electricity or reticulated water.  I catch my own water from the roof and generate my electricity from the ample solar radiation on the island.

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