[ Episode #1 // The Great Awakening ]
Every audible journey begins somewhere. For The Extraenvironmentalist our quest starts with these particular bits transmitted over the internet. We are taking the discussions we have online to the...
View Article[ Episode #6 // Peak Oil Blues ]
The old Chinese curse, “may you live in interesting times”, is a particularly apt encapsulation of the current moment we experience on the global stage of affairs, yet facing an uncertain future...
View Article[ Episode #7 // When Two Worlds Collide ]
Living in a western media bubble we receive every story through a prism of corporate and political control which bends a complex and multifaceted light into a monochromatic blur. When oil and...
View Article[ Episode #14 // Discovering Dirt ]
Though we call it dirt, the soil beneath is the skin of our planet and the breadbasket of our species. Is there a connection between the lifespan of a civilization and the rate at which its topsoil...
View Article[ Episode #17 // Economics of Sustainability ]
The interplay between energy and money will be the underlying factor behind the biggest stories of the next decade. While easily accessible energy has created a massive financial bubble on the way up...
View Article[ Episode #18 // The Wealth of Nature ]
Our economic systems are beginning to expose the first intimations of how drastically they’ve been failing us. Is this breakdown happening because our economics are reflecting the state of our...
View Article[ Episode #21 // When Technology Fails ]
The complex supply chain delivering our goods and the electrical grid powering our lifestyle meets the daily needs of modern humanity with astounding efficiency. With a relative low cost and remarkable...
View Article[ Episode #28 // At Growth’s End ]
European economies are teetering on the brink of collapse as low rates of GDP growth are no longer able to justify continued investments in piles of debt. On the other side of the Atlantic, the United...
View Article[ Episode #31 // Simplifying Complexity ]
Is our species capable of looking ahead to prepare for the potentially disastrous results of larger trends? While daily existence has always presented challenges, modern civilization uses advanced...
View Article[ Gail Tverberg // A World Running Out of Oil ]
Interview with Gail Tverberg at the Montreal Degrowth Conference 2012 (Visited 204 times, 3 visits today)
View Article[ Episode #49 // Developing Breakdown ]
Central banks are undertaking unprecedented actions to keep the monetary system from unraveling. Despite unlimited Quantitative Easing and wealth transfers between Europe’s economies, growth has yet to...
View Article[ Episode #55 // Degrowth ]
Decades of material growth have left us with a limited imagination for alternatives. Now that we’ve hit the point of diminishing returns for additional economic growth, can we decolonize our mind? In...
View Article[ Episode #56 // So Much Magic ]
// Duncan’s Photos From His Canalers Adventures [nggallery id=2 width=400] Maintaining the complexity of our civilization requires a consistent input of net energy and a stable climate. We’ve already...
View Article[ Episode #69 // Carbon Democracy ]
The ideas we have about our government systems have been dramatically shaped by the energy sources that power them. If the physical characteristics of coal and oil have developed the expectations of...
View ArticleReturns on divestments? Chris Nelder [Part 4 of 4]
Diving Into Stories of Energy Transition with Chris Nelder Transcript Part 4: Returns on Divestment? A transcript of our interview on Extraenvironmentalist #76 by Scott Bohachyk Editor’s note: In the...
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The view further down the oil supply pyramid: a transcript with Gail Tverberg
The view from further down the oil supply pyramid – de-growth probable A transcript of our interview with Gail Tverberg on Extraenvironmentalist #55 by Nathan Surendran Editor’s note: Our thanks goes...
View Article[ Episode #89 // How on Earth ]
Today’s textbook notions of business were developed during an unprecedented global economic expansion – a cultural condition that faces diminishing returns in today’s world. Can we build enterprises...
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