Peak Oil
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Degrowth, Expensive Oil, and the New Economics of Energy
by Dr Samuel Alexander, co-director of the Simplicity Institute and a lecturer with the Office for Environmental Programs, University of…
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Richard Heinberg to Speak in Australia
Richard Heinberg, one of the world’s foremost peak oil educators, is finally making a much anticipated speaking tour of Australia…
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David Holmgren on Retrofitting the Suburbs for the Energy Descent Future
Introduction by Samuel Alexander of the Simplicity Institute: I’m pleased to announce that David Holmgren, co-originator of the permaculture concept,…
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Permaculture, a Step by Step Change, Part II – Further Steps: Solar Heating, Easy and Cheap
The most important step Maybe the most important step in the permaculture change is mindset. The day you get motivated…
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The Australian National Food Plan – Have Your Say!
National Food Plan, Green Paper 3.75mb PDF The Australian federal government has issued a green paper on a National Food…
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Not In Our Name (Video)
I’ve often seen people sign off their emails with "Peace, love and permaculture". Central to permaculture concepts is an anti-war…
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It’s Time to Re-Ruralise
We’ve mentioned the re-ruralisation movement happening in debt-ridden Greece before, and here’s a video by German TV on the topic.…
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The Promised Land
This is the fate of young people today: excluded, but forbidden to opt out. by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic…
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Coal to Liquids – Racing to the Bottom With the Fuel from Hell
I thought I’d add to George Monbiot’s recent post highlighting moves to persevere with fossil fuels by sharing a little…
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False Summit
We were wrong about peak oil: there’s enough in the ground to deep-fry the planet. by George Monbiot: journalist, author,…
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Preparing Our Children For a Resilient Future, Part II: Food Security
I doubt many would disagree that food is one of the most important things that we are going to need…
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Resilience Through Simplification: Revisiting Tainter’s Theory of Collapse
Below, Samuel Alexander summarises his new Simplicity Institute Report, which discusses ‘voluntary simplification’ in the context of Joseph Tainter’s theory…
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