Combler le “retard d’effondrement”
L’Union soviétique était mieux préparée à l’effondrement que les États-Unis. Translation into French of Dmitry’s classic presentation Closing the ‘Collapse Gap’. Excerpts.
Overshoot
Peak phosphorus: Quoted reserves vs. production history
A hypothesis is presented whereby phosphorus is considered in two broad forms: “easy” which is able to be mined quickly, but already peaked in 1990, and “hard” which has large remaining reserves and is yet to peak, but cannot be mined as quickly. … Ultimately we must develop a recyclable phosphorus supply if humans are to continue living on this planet.
Water – August 20
Leading Wall Street water analyst Neil Berlant: Price of water in US to rise up to 300% in next 2-3 years
Millions eating food grown with polluted water, says UN report
Water everywhere, and not a drop to grow
West Bank struggles for water
Can the Dead Sea be brought to life?
Environment
The oxygen crisis
Suffocating dead zones spread across world’s oceans
“Green” land grab could sow seeds of new conflict
Our American way of life is unsustainable – evidence
Survey of the ecological and economic resources critical to the perpetuation of our American way of life.
Population – August 14
Population Bomb Author’s fix for next extinction: educate women
Peak population
Social Scientists Seek Answer To Exploding Population
Deep thought – August 12
Ehrlichs: Too many people, too much consumption
We must green the market
No longer a lunatic
The perpetual assault on ecological and economic reason.
Peak caviar
Once, black caviar from the Caspian Sea was ubiquitous in Russia in its typical blue cans. Now, it has disappeared. “Peak Caviar” has taken place around 1980 in Russia. … “Peak Caviar” is another confirmation of how common the “Hubbert” behavior is. It doesn’t matter if a resource is theoretically renewable, as sturgeons and whales are. If sturgeons or whales are killed much faster than they can reproduce, then they behave as a non renewable resource; just as crude oil.
Review: Plan C by Pat Murphy and Small is Possible by Lyle Estill
Pat Murphy’s Plan C is a rich treasury of practical suggestions for reducing fossil fuel consumption and fostering community cooperation—while Lyle Estill’s Small is Possible is an engrossing portrait of a small Southern town that is already taking these steps
Environment – July 15
Forests to fall for food and fuel (RRI report)
Buying your own wood
Bulgarian eco town ‘the biggest mistake of Norman Foster’s career’, say protesters
Could sustainability lead to an authoritarian future?
Those who imagine humans eventually returning to agrarian societies also often imagine that such societies have the potential to be much more democratic and egalitarian than our current world. But, among those who imagine what I’ll call a sustainable industrial future, there is little discussion of future political arrangements.
Crisis & collapse – July 3
New book from John Michael Greer: The Long Descent
A Crash course in burning bridges (Zachary Nowak interview)
Alex Steffen: Resilient community
The end Of civilization