How can we pursue infinite growth on a finite planet?
Expand the Planet.
Localism: paying the price
Managed Decline
Is the West’s destiny one of "managed decline"? More likely, the new merger of various technologies may have the opposite effect
Decentralization: Chaotic Rise
Tools: the Perils of Foregetfullness
Deep(er) Water
Fahrschulwanne
Israel-Syria: the Golan’s “Peace Park”
Ouline Map of the Proposed “Peace Park”
Virtual Neighbors: When Outsiders Become Insiders
“how did our oil get under their sand?”
CBDC: Unsustainable Money
Resource Wars: Land for Peace?
Resource Wars: Gaza?
Is the War of Gaza a war for resources?
Permaculture: the Real Reset
Permaculture builds "systems" that require as little human input as possible. It's hard work to set them up. But once it gets started, the system builds up and consolidates.
France’s Riots: Rise the Megacity?
The French July riots of 2023 are a symptom of the megacity. Whatever the law and order issues, the riots couldn’t have emerged in a different urban system.
Trade and Sustainability
Trade is our “strategic depth”; it buffers the impact of local resource shortages, and allowed us to continue innovating across different environments.
Twenty-Twenty-Twoo, too
Last year, I wrote that it felt like 2022 was shaping up to be another 2020…. so is 2023
Response Measures: Carbon Credits & their Risk
The US State of Virginia was trying to exit a legal scheme in Apri 2022. The scheme illustrates the direct impact of "Response Measures" to the Climate challenge.
Risk, Uncertainty, and Lake Mead
The fate of Lake Mead, in the Colorado River basin, illustrates the downside of centralization.
Real Climate Risks: Impact of Response Measures
Climate Change will have adverse impacts. But they may pale in comparison to the impact of "Response Measures".
Is Rural Remote?
Mega-Cities are now accident away from turning into a cold concrete jungle.
Geothermal: "Puits Canadien"
The Canadian Well is a shallow geothermal building system. A low-enthalpy system that relies on temperature differentials to save energy.
Planet A
A look at four simple keys that can unlock a sustainable path and empower a regenerative economy.
Today, we stand at a crossroads in our development, and the changing climate is the least of our worries. But we can still build our future on a sustainable foundation if we design our systems to regenerate the environment.
Our economic ecosystem can add to the planet and to the life around it.
