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MuseLetter #320 / Janary 2019 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version This first Museletter of 2019 brings you two articles. The first examines the challenge and potential benefits of breaking our economic growth addiction. The second is a tongue-in-cheek take on the age of the automobile. Sooner or Later, We Have to Stop Economic […]
MuseLetter #319 / December 2018 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version Dear Reader, Warm Solstice greetings! This month’s MuseLetter is an overview of what we’re about at PCI. It’s also a preview of what we’ll be working on increasingly in 2019 and beyond. A year-end contribution to our work would be greatly appreciated! Best […]
MuseLetter #318 / November 2018 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version This month's Museletter is my Foreword to Matthieu Auzanneau's excellent new book Oil, Power, and War: A Dark History published by Chelsea Green Publishing. For information on where to get hold of a copy see the links at the end. Foreword to Oil, […]
MuseLetter #317 / October 2018 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 280 KB) Our Bonus Decade This month’s Museletter is made up for two essays on the urgency of our current crises. First up is Our Bonus Decade which looks at the decade since the 2008 financial crash as a brief reprieve […]
Crime is always present in complex societies, just as all higher-order organisms are subject to parasites.
MuseLetter #315 / August 2018 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 332 KB) Society as Ecosystem in a Time of Collapse, Part II This is part 2 of my 3-part essay that uses predation as a metaphor to unpack power relations in human societies. For part 1 see here. 4. Our current […]
MuseLetter #314 / July 2018 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 360 KB) Human Predators, Human Prey Society as Ecosystem in a Time of Collapse, Part I This month’s MuseLetter is Part I of a 3-part essay that uses predation as a metaphor to unpack power relations in human societies. Stay tuned. […]
MuseLetter #313 / June 2018 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 146 KB) Electric Cars to the Rescue? My wife Janet and I recently bought a used Nissan Leaf from a friend. We are now proud electric vehicle (EV) owners, and we love our plug-in, battery-powered car: some days we almost fight […]
MuseLetter #312 / May 2018 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 133 KB) Systems Thinking, Critical Thinking, and Personal Resilience As a writer focused on the global sustainability crisis, I’m often asked how to deal with the stress of knowing—knowing, that is, that we humans have severely overshot Earth’s long-term carrying capacity, […]
MuseLetter #311 / April 2017 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 125 KB) The End of Growth, Seven Years Later I wrote The End of Growth in the months following the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 (the book was published in North America in 2011), with the goal of helping to put that crisis […]
MuseLetter #310 / March 2018 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 118 KB) This a 3-part essay. Parts one and three is also cross-posted on Truthout. Part 1: This Is How Democracies Die Donald Trump’s 13-month tenure (so far) as president of the United States has been an exhausting sprint for onlookers concerned […]
MuseLetter #309 / February 2018 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 211 KB) This month’s MuseLetter brings three new essays. The first explores human aging as a metaphor for societal decline. Next up is a look at the importance of art and creativity in post-growth society. We finish with a takedown of […]
