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
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 Canary is Dead Part 4
Anson Nash and Kevin Hester continue their extinction dialogues discussing strategies for managing grief and doing meaningful work at the edge of extinction, including installing Penguin breeding nests on Rakino Island . “Researching and writing about the impacts of runaway climate…
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 Canary Is Dead.
Today I had the honour of being interviewed by Anson Nash an inspirational 17yr old from Washington discussing the unfolding consequences of our unraveling biosphere. We discuss that fact that all the warnings have been ignored and that we have…
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