As energy prices rise, they have an impact not only on individuals, but also on state and local governments, colleges and universities, companies, and organizations of all sorts. In many of these institutions, there is currently little understanding of oil depletion and its far-reaching consequences, let alone a plan for an energy transition. As [...]

In a post earlier this month entitled Aren’t Ideas Important to Community?, Joe argued that we can be held back in devising solutions to the problems we face when “the most typical ideas in our culture stand at odds with our collective well-being.” Recognizing and correcting patterns of thought that hinder our efforts to address [...]

An interesting company called New Amsterdam Project is getting attention this week from TreeHugger and Green Daily. New Amsterdam Project (NAP) started offering delivery services in the Boston area last November using cargo tricycles that one might describe as human-electric hybrids. An electric power source assists the cyclist, making it possible to carry a [...]

David Holmgren, who along with Bill Mollison introduced the concept of permaculture, has launched an insightful new website called Future Scenarios that assesses how the climate crisis and peak oil may interact and shape the prospects for humanity.
In exploring the future of energy, Holmgren outlines four possible futures, ranging from a wildly optimistic “techno-explosion” to [...]