A feed of articles from Resilience.org, part of Post Carbon Institute’s Resilience program dedicated to building resilient communities as we transition away from fossil fuels.
2 July 2024. Analysis: Wind and solar added more to global energy than any other source in 2023 – In 2023, wind and solar combined added more new energy to the global mix than any other source, for the first time in history, according to Carbon Brief analysis of newly released data. Nevertheless, record global demand for energy saw coal and oil use also reaching new highs last year, the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy 2024 finds.
2 July 2024. Rebuilding the flax / textile industry as a commons: Fantasy Fibre Mill – Dave Darby of Stroud Commons and Lowimpact.org talks with Rosie Bristow and Nick Evans of Fantasy Fibre Mill, working to resurrect the flax / linen industry in the UK, as a commons.
2 July 2024. Orthodoxy vs. Orthopraxy – I don’t want there to be a president… I want to see people doing what is needed. I want there to be orthopraxy. And that isn’t going to happen anywhere in the realm of politics.
2 July 2024. High in the Himalayas, resistance to Modi is on the rise – Amid the gloomy picture, the recent climate fast movement has become a sign of hope for the people of Ladakh.
2 July 2024. Looking back, looking forward – I’ve long argued that the current global meta-crisis is essentially a cultural or spiritual crisis, even though I’ve never been an especially spiritual or religiously oriented person.
2 July 2024. Lessons of Desert Oases for Eco-Resilient Transformation – To the Western mind, the presence of lush oases in the middle of deserts is a strange aberration, almost a dream. What moderns fail to appreciate is that oases are actually deliberate human creations, socio-ecological examples of commoning.
1 July 2024. The Deluge, by Stephen Markley – The Deluge is a tome, a vast and sprawling novel with myriad narrative threads. Tracking the future of American society between 2013–2040 against the backdrop of worsening climate change, the reader is shown a nation plunging fitfully into turmoil – with hard-fought moments of recovery and sudden, devastation catastrophes.
1 July 2024. In Defense of Fatih Birol’s Declining House Invitation to Appear – Because of the power of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and its subcommittee, Dr. Birol has to keep responding to the invitations and queries. Whatever his responses, however, he’s in for a beating at the hands of the MAGA-minded with future US contributions to the IEA on the line. It’s a fine example of Cardinal Morton’s Fork.
1 July 2024. Sacred Sustenance – Celebrating Indigenous foodways is significant and offers profound learnings, but it also requires us to confront the barriers and threats that continue to impede us from doing the restoration work we require. Environmental degradation, loss of habitat, and the erosion of our food heritage pose daunting challenges to food access and Indigenous sovereignty.
1 July 2024. The 20 Control Knobs for a Post-Growth Future – What if we purposefully turn the ‘control knobs’ in our own lives to shift how we approach a post-growth future by embracing reality - instead of unrealistic tech solutions - redirecting our focus towards deeper interconnection with community and local systems?
1 July 2024. Crazy Ideas, Wise Strategies, Small Politics – At the very moment when our survival demands a deep overturning of what we have long believed to be true and proper, settling for less will look like the crazier option.