Habitat Destruction

Environmental activist Tim Ream talks to DavidSheen.com about forest activism, why he does it, and how it has changed over the past 10 years.

Analyzing the geopolitical issues of who controls the remaining oil as well as the probable wars and political control which we see already occuring

A video synopsis of Richard Heinberg's latest book Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World

How can economists (actually a particular, now dominant, brand of economics called neoclassical) be so misguided? I am not sure, but propose that the shortcomings of neoclassical economics result from (1) academic specialization, (2) personal isolation from nature, and (3) political expediency. Professors in different departments rarely talk to each other anymore as each discipline has become more complex, so cross-disciplinary fertilization and reality checking may not happen.

It is incumbent on planners to give careful consideration to long term questions: What will these people use for heat? How will they cook their food? Are there adequate resources for diesel and gasoline fuels? If there are petroleum shortages, will they be able to use wood and coal for heat?

Dennis Meadows, member of The Club of Rome and co-author of Limits to Growth, discusses the 30 year update with Jim Puplava of Financial Sense.

Co-author of The Limits to Growth

author of five previous books including The Party's Over and Powerdown

co-author of "One with Nineveh, Politics, Consumption, and the Human Future", biologist and Stanford Professor of Population Studies

Professor of Community & Regional Planning, originator of Eco-Footprint concept