List: civilisation & collapse | Curated by Gudrun Cartwright

Feb 4, 2025

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Peak SteelGlobal steel production has peaked in 2021 and it’s stagnating ever since. Is this just another minor hiccup or an ominous sign of a much…
Feb 2
14
Feb 2
14
Eric Lee
The Worst News EverAnd I’m not typing clickbait, here
Jan 25
18
Jan 25
18
Eric Lee
Modern Slavery Of/By/For Modern HumansA recent (Jan 2/25) Phys.org opinion piece: Modern slavery is endemic in global supply chains. Companies should be praised, not shamed, for…
Jan 27
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Jan 27
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When Renewables Meet Their Limits to GrowthElectricity generation from “renewable” sources have recently hit record highs in Europe. According to Carbon Brief: “Wind and solar growth…
Jan 26
35
Jan 26
35
Eric Lee
The Burden Is on YouReality as consensus narrative: RIP
Jan 11
3
Jan 11
3
Eric Lee
The Ten MegaRisksPer Council for the Human Future
Jan 9
6
Jan 9
6
In
E³ — Entertain Enlighten Empower
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Pathless Pilgrim
We’re Witnessing the Fall of the Biggest Empire in HistoryAnd it’s going to be spectacular
Aug 3, 2024
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Aug 3, 2024
449
Richard Crim
The Crisis Report — 52“What a diff’rence a day made”
Nov 11, 2024
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Nov 11, 2024
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Richard Crim
The Crisis Report — 53The next 10 years are shaping up to be BAD ones. Lets look at the pieces coming together.
Dec 9, 2024
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Dec 9, 2024
15
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Edge of Collapse
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Angus Peterson
Why the Insect Apocalypse Spells the End of Everyday Life as We Know ItBeyond the missing butterflies, insects are key to all life on Earth.
Oct 28, 2024
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Oct 28, 2024
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Eric Lee
Overshoot: Cognitive Obsolescence
And the Population Conundrumby William E. Rees, human ecologist
Jul 25, 2024
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Jul 25, 2024
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Eric Lee
Energy SlavesHow many serve you?
Apr 4, 2024
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Apr 4, 2024
2
Eric Lee
Modern Human Extinction Is the Condition That Will Come AnywaySo seek it out now
Mar 23, 2024
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Mar 23, 2024
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Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs
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Pranshu "Maverick" Dwivedi
You’re an Idiot if You’re Saving the Earth for Future GenerationsSorry, should I save water for someone who isn’t born yet?
Jul 3, 2024
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Jul 3, 2024
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Jeffrey Joe Miller
Hey Doomers. Henry Gee has a New Book Coming Out.Henry Gee, paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and editor at Nature (dot com) has a new book coming out (available Mar 2025).
Mar 29, 2024
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Mar 29, 2024
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The Energy Transition Story Has Become Self-DefeatingWe need another kind of transformation more than ever
Jun 3, 2024
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Jun 3, 2024
26
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Conviviology
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Anna Mercury
How to Flee a Dying WorldIt’s our minds, not our bodies, that need somewhere else to go.
Jan 1, 2024
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Jan 1, 2024
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Goodbye 2023, Goodbye Old WorldThe year when western industrial civilization slipped
Dec 25, 2023
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Dec 25, 2023
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What Happens When the Economy Can No Longer Grow?What is the goal of the economy? Growth? Full employment? Equity? Price stability? Security? Or, perhaps, to make the top 1% super rich at…
Dec 18, 2023
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Dec 18, 2023
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Elisabeth Robson
Why are we not talking about Ecological Overshoot?Bill Rees spent a good part of his career developing a tool called the ecological footprint analysis — a measurement of our collective…
Dec 14, 2023
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Dec 14, 2023
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civilisation & collapse

Peak Steel

Global steel production has peaked in 2021 and it’s stagnating ever since. Is this just another minor hiccup or an ominous sign of a much…

The Worst News Ever

And I’m not typing clickbait, here

Modern Slavery Of/By/For Modern Humans

A recent (Jan 2/25) Phys.org opinion piece: Modern slavery is endemic in global supply chains. Companies should be praised, not shamed, for…

When Renewables Meet Their Limits to Growth

Electricity generation from “renewable” sources have recently hit record highs in Europe. According to Carbon Brief: “Wind and solar growth…

The Burden Is on You

Reality as consensus narrative: RIP

The Ten MegaRisks

Per Council for the Human Future

We’re Witnessing the Fall of the Biggest Empire in History

And it’s going to be spectacular

The Crisis Report — 52

“What a diff’rence a day made”

The Crisis Report — 53

The next 10 years are shaping up to be BAD ones. Lets look at the pieces coming together.

Why the Insect Apocalypse Spells the End of Everyday Life as We Know It

Beyond the missing butterflies, insects are key to all life on Earth.

Overshoot: Cognitive Obsolescence And the Population Conundrum

by William E. Rees, human ecologist

Energy Slaves

How many serve you?

Modern Human Extinction Is the Condition That Will Come Anyway

So seek it out now

You’re an Idiot if You’re Saving the Earth for Future Generations

Sorry, should I save water for someone who isn’t born yet?

Hey Doomers. Henry Gee has a New Book Coming Out.

Henry Gee, paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and editor at Nature (dot com) has a new book coming out (available Mar 2025).

The Energy Transition Story Has Become Self-Defeating

We need another kind of transformation more than ever

How to Flee a Dying World

It’s our minds, not our bodies, that need somewhere else to go.

Goodbye 2023, Goodbye Old World

The year when western industrial civilization slipped

What Happens When the Economy Can No Longer Grow?

What is the goal of the economy? Growth? Full employment? Equity? Price stability? Security? Or, perhaps, to make the top 1% super rich at…

Why are we not talking about Ecological Overshoot?

Bill Rees spent a good part of his career developing a tool called the ecological footprint analysis — a measurement of our collective…

Gudrun Cartwright