In most Western cultures there is a tradition of saying “Happy New Year” as one year draws to a close and another beckons. As we stumble relentlessly into another anthropogenically warmed January, in a time of abrupt climate change, there…
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It’s the End of the World as We Know It
Tagged with: Joanna Macy, Katie Goodman
Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Collapse, Jem Bendell, Near Term Human Extinction--NTHE, Professor Guy McPherson, Professor Paul Ehrlich
Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Collapse, Jem Bendell, Near Term Human Extinction--NTHE, Professor Guy McPherson, Professor Paul Ehrlich
This Civilisation is Finished. Rupert Read, Paul Ehrlich and Jem Bendell.
“A research paper concluding that climate-induced collapse is now inevitable, was recently rejected by anonymous reviewers of an academic journal.” “It has been released directly by the Professor who wrote it, to promote discussion of the necessary deep adaptation to…
All species go extinct, all civilisations collapse, all bubbles burst. There is no “Planet B”.
A speculative essay on how the collapse of the global economy and banking system could and probably will trigger the extinction of most if not all complex life on our planet. All previous advanced civilisations on this planet have collapsed…
The End of Empire, Civilisation and Habitat – The Perfect Time to Shoot the Messenger
A common characteristic at the end of an empire is that many of the empires subjects and victims are aware of the coming collapse, whilst the hedonistic ‘Emperors’, rulers, dictators and those closest to them who benefit the most from…
Last Born in the Wilderness – At The End
It was an honour and a pleasure to be collaborating with both Patrick and Rob on this important work, having the kind of conversations we desperately need to have but most resile from. The audio from the interview is embedded…
“Perfect Conditions” for Collapse
In the September episode of Nature Bats Last host Kevin Hester interviewed author Vanessa Blakeslee the show is embedded here; Many thanks to Patrick Farnsworth from “Last Born in the Wilderness” for allowing us to use his short interview with…
The Climate and Extinction Crises on Black Bear News
Kevin Hester and Kevin Sandbloom from Black Bear News discuss the unraveling of the biosphere,the convergence of ecological collapse,the re-rise of fascism and the attendant risks as the planets ecology and social order both stumble toward collapse. The interview can…
Buckle Up and Cut the Crap, we’re on the ‘Belt Road’ to Armageddon.
“The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) simply blows out of the water anything else that’s been attempted in human history.” “As currently planned, it will involve some 7,000 separate infrastructure or extractive industry projects scattered across 70-odd nations, with a…
Abrupt Climate Change and Extinction ‘Jenga’. The very last ‘game’ on Earth.
Since the dawn of Industrial Civilisation we have been involved in a giant game of Jenga and the pieces to the puzzle are our fellow earthlings. One by one we have been removing them from the intricate fabric of the…
Are Black Swan events in the Climate Crisis Imminent?
Tragically for the biosphere and the continuation of complex life on this planet the “Precautionary Principle’ has been cast to the winds as we plunge headlong, full speed ahead into the climate / extinction crisis, not only by failing to…
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