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We are in a crisis in the evolution of human society. It’s unique to both human and geologic history. It has never happened before and it can’t possibly happen again. Albert Bates, author of The Financial Collapse Survival Guide and Cookbook, brings you along on his personal journey.

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$6 Million, 19 Minutes, and the Bear in the Berry Bush

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My not very palatable theory of change

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October 19, 2025

The Beer Hall at the End of the Universe

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August 24, 2025

Local Man Paints Everything White

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Where’s the Tip?

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Mad Kings and Saudi Princes

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Batman and Penguin: The Dark Night Lifts

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Our Man in Moscow

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February 15, 2025

The Teenage Ninja Muskrats come to Washington

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February 09, 2025

Climate Solutions: The Wow Factor

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Albert Bates: Summertown, TN, United States; I have woven my life-long discoveries into a prescriptive model I call Civilization 2.0. It integrates the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals; soil sequestration of carbon; preserving the cultures of indigenous peoples; ecovillage modalities for governance, education and self-provision; anti-fragile biomass to biochar renewable energy; climate moderating aquatic ecosystems; and microenterprise innovation, incubation, acceleration, B-corporation hubs that function as bioregional circular economies. I sketched all this in the 3-minute video I made for Habitat II in Istanbul in 1996 and the 90-second video we did in 2016 for the MacArthur 100 and Change Challenge that led to my new videos and essays you will find on my YouTube channel or GVI(x).org. I describe the strategy in greater detail in my book from Chelsea Green, Burn: Using Fire to Cool the Earth or in my latest book on Amazon, Retropopulationism.

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April 2026 Open Post, Mark II - I’m in the process of moving this blog to a new server. Most of the transfer process has gone very well, but in the process the open post I launched on Wed...
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Rediscovering the Handcart - [image: Image: The handcart, equipped with a sail. Photo by Kris De Decker.] Image: The handcart, equipped with a sail. Photo by Kris De Decker. The hum...
Fernglade Farm

Sometimes you can be right and not know it - On Friday we ventured an hours drive up north and east, to attend a small farm expo. It’s a highlight of the year, and the traditional lunch of cheese kran...
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#471 — The End of History, Revisited - Sam Harris speaks with Francis Fukuyama about liberal democracy, American politics, and global order. They discuss the misunderstood thesis of "The End o...
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All Wars Are Bankers’ Wars: Iran and the Bankers’ Endgame - “The powers of financial capitalism had another far reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to ...
Our Finite World

Losing the Iran War May Be the Best Outcome for the World - At this point, the world economy needs to make a major transition in order to deal with the inadequate level of fuels available for long-distance transport...
Restoring Mayberry

A New Beginning - I’ve been publishing this blog for almost 20 years now, and lately my posting has fallen off, for personal reasons. I recently moved back to the USA to ...
Climate Denial Crock of the Week

Is Resistance Futile? MAGA Assimilates NOAA - New Scientist (paywall): The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) presents a briefing summarising the global climate each month – and ...
Nate Hagens

Applied Science Fiction w/ Stephen Oram - Science Fiction Author Stephen Oram shares his insights on collaborating with scientists to transform research into speculative storytelling, using near-...
Beyond the Wasteland

Spirit in the Stones - It’s been quite a while since I blogged. Life just gets in the way sometimes, and with so many maddening things going on in the world right now and demandi...
22 Billion Energy Slaves

Prodigies of Peace - I’m not sure what to write about. I’ve been stuck in a kind of mental turmoil, my thoughts frozen on the event horizon of a black hole of catastrophe....
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Kick the Supermarket Habit! 10 Tips for Identifying Nutritious, Life-Giving Foods - Tip #10 – Ignore the food pyramid… and the “My Plate” Let’s take a look at the role of the USDA in this mess we’re in. Why does it continue to recommend D...

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