Category: CommUnity of Minds

Annie Lussenburg A lot of parenting is about common sense. Deep down as parents, we realize that if a child gets showered with gifts, they become unappreciative. If they receive […]

Jim Goodman I decided years ago that I didn’t want my farming operation to get bigger. I liked milking 45 cows, raising their feed and doing a little direct marketing. […]

Sharon Astyk A student in my class asked me for a list of skills we need to get ready for peak oil, prioritized. I admit, it took me about a […]

Aaron Newton The notion of our standard work week here in America has remained largely the same since 1938. That was the year the Fair Labor Standards Act was passed, […]

Aeldric I thought I would share a personal anecdote and see who else is experiencing this strange phenomenon. Almost 3 years ago I started seriously preparing for Peak Oil. I […]

This speech was delivered on July 17 at the D.A.R. Constitutional Hall. Al Gore There are times in the history of our nation when our very way of life depends […]

Today we shift our focus from describing the problem to visualizing some possible solutions. The following remarks were prepared for the International Conference on Peak Oil and Climate Change, which […]

George Monbiot Almost everyone seems to agree: governments now face a choice between saving the planet and saving the economy. As recession looms, the political pressure to abandon green policies […]

In 1996 when Richard C. Duncan, Ph.D. wrote his seminal paper on The Olduvai Theory, the price of oil reached a high of $25 per barrel. Today, twelve years later, […]