Keyword: Economics

In the Business of Change
How Social Entrepreneurs are Disrupting Business as Usual
by Elisa Birnbaum

Our communities are facing the fallout from the demise of vital industry, bankrupt economies, bad policy or policing, and political mismanagement. People are looking for answers, and the "same old" simply won't do.
In the Business of Change is a …
related subjects: New Economies

Afterburn (PDF)
Society Beyond Fossil Fuels
by Richard Heinberg

Climate change, along with the depletion of oil, coal, and gas dictate that we will inevitably move away from our profound societal reliance on fossil fuels; but just how big a transformation will this be? While many policy-makers assume that …

Afterburn (EPUB)
Society Beyond Fossil Fuels
by Richard Heinberg

Climate change, along with the depletion of oil, coal, and gas dictate that we will inevitably move away from our profound societal reliance on fossil fuels; but just how big a transformation will this be? While many policy-makers assume that …

The Emergent Agriculture
Farming, Sustainability and the Return of the Local Economy
by Gary S. Kleppel

Long embraced by corporations who are driven only by the desire for profit, industrial agriculture wastes precious resources and spews millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each year, exacerbating climate change and threatening …
related subjects: Modern Homesteading and Farming

After Progress
Reason and Religion at the End of the Industrial Age
by John Michael Greer

Progress is not just a goal in the West—it's a religion. Most people believe in its inherent value as enthusiastically and uncritically as medieval peasants believed in heaven and hell. Our faith in progress drives the popular insistence that peak …
related subjects: Cultural Critique

Cold, Hungry and in the Dark (EPUB)
Exploding the Natural Gas Supply Myth
by Bill Powers
foreword by Art Berman

Conventional wisdom has North America entering a new era of energy abundance thanks to shale gas. But has industry been honest? Cold, Hungry and in the Dark argues that declining productivity combined with increasing demand will trigger a crisis …
related subjects: Energy

Cold, Hungry and in the Dark (PDF)
Exploding the Natural Gas Supply Myth
by Bill Powers
foreword by Art Berman

Conventional wisdom has North America entering a new era of energy abundance thanks to shale gas. But has industry been honest? Cold, Hungry and in the Dark argues that declining productivity combined with increasing demand will trigger a crisis …
related subjects: Energy

Supply Shock (EPUB)
Economic Growth at the Crossroads and the Steady State Solution
by Brian Czech

Politicians, economists, and Wall Street would have us believe that limitless economic expansion is the Holy Grail, and that there is no conflict between growing the economy and protecting the environment. Supply Shock debunks these widely accepted …