Richard Heinberg examines how tightening oil supplies, geopolitical conflict and the limits of alternative energy could reshape industrial economies and everyday life.
About Resilience
Does Your Neighborhood Need a Coffee Klatch?
A weekly neighborhood coffee gathering in Vermont offers a simple way to build friendships, reduce isolation, share resources and strengthen community resilience.
A weekly neighborhood coffee gathering in Vermont offers a simple way to build friendships, reduce isolation, share resources and strengthen community resilience.
‘The Countryside Cannot Be Made a Sacrifice Zone for the City’: Coming Home to Part-Time Farming – Book Excerpt
A book excerpt explores part-time farming, rural livelihoods and the importance of protecting countryside communities from urban-centered development.
A book excerpt explores part-time farming, rural livelihoods and the importance of protecting countryside communities from urban-centered development.
Robert Jensen Argues That ‘Fewer and Less’ Is Unavoidable. But the Future Is Not Fixed
An essay challenges Robert Jensen’s prediction of inevitable ecological contraction, arguing human behavior can change and societal renewal remains possible.
An essay challenges Robert Jensen’s prediction of inevitable ecological contraction, arguing human behavior can change and societal renewal remains possible.
Our Town, Our Table: The Community-Building Power of a Shared Meal
A monthly community potluck in rural Vermont shows how shared meals can strengthen relationships, reduce isolation and build local resilience.
A monthly community potluck in rural Vermont shows how shared meals can strengthen relationships, reduce isolation and build local resilience.
How Do We Build Social Movements in an Age of Collapse? An Interview With Activist Tadzio Müller – Cont’d
Tadzio Müller discusses building resilient social movements, strengthening community solidarity, and preparing for ecological and political crises.
Tadzio Müller discusses building resilient social movements, strengthening community solidarity, and preparing for ecological and political crises.
How Do We Build Social Movements in an Age of Collapse? An Interview With Activist Tadzio Müller
Activist Tadzio Müller discusses climate collapse, social movements, catastrophe, solidarity, and finding new points of leverage for collective action.
Activist Tadzio Müller discusses climate collapse, social movements, catastrophe, solidarity, and finding new points of leverage for collective action.
California’s AI Boom Has Made Billionaires Richer. Now a Wealth Tax Is on the Ballot
California’s AI-driven wealth boom is fueling debate over a proposed one-time billionaire tax and the state’s growing reliance on tech fortunes.
California’s AI-driven wealth boom is fueling debate over a proposed one-time billionaire tax and the state’s growing reliance on tech fortunes.
Restoring Nature Is Our Only Climate Solution
Restoring forests, wetlands, soils, and other ecosystems can strengthen natural climate resilience while helping absorb and store carbon.
Restoring forests, wetlands, soils, and other ecosystems can strengthen natural climate resilience while helping absorb and store carbon.
The Case for Rewilding Your Backyard (and Front Yard Too)
Rewilding yards with native plants can create habitats for birds, insects, pollinators, and other wildlife while reducing reliance on manicured lawns.
Rewilding yards with native plants can create habitats for birds, insects, pollinators, and other wildlife while reducing reliance on manicured lawns.
What Do We Still Share in an Age of Political Polarization?
Researchers explore how shared values, relationships, meaning, and well-being can create common ground amid political polarization.
Researchers explore how shared values, relationships, meaning, and well-being can create common ground amid political polarization.
Why America Is Removing Thousands of Dams and Letting Rivers Flow Freely: Excerpt
Dam removal is restoring free-flowing rivers, reviving ecosystems, improving fish habitat, and reshaping how America manages aging infrastructure.
Dam removal is restoring free-flowing rivers, reviving ecosystems, improving fish habitat, and reshaping how America manages aging infrastructure.
‘I Had a Crazy Dream’: The Couple Sailing Around the World to Help Coastal Communities Adapt to Climate Change
A couple sails across the world, helping coastal communities develop practical ways to adapt to rising seas and climate change.
A couple sails across the world, helping coastal communities develop practical ways to adapt to rising seas and climate change.
Climate Communication Is Irrationally Hopeful. We Need to Tell the Truth About the Great Unraveling
Climate communication often emphasizes optimism and solutions, but critics argue that confronting the full scale of climate disruption requires more honest conversations about ecological loss, systemic risks, uncertainty, and the difficult changes ahead.
Climate communication often emphasizes optimism and solutions, but critics argue that confronting the full scale of climate disruption requires more honest conversations about ecological loss, systemic risks, uncertainty, and the difficult changes ahead.
How Eco-Localism Differs From Tariff Terrorism
Richard Heinberg contrasts eco-localism’s focus on resilient local economies, environmental protection and reduced inequality with tariff policies driven by geopolitical leverage, arguing that similar tools can serve fundamentally different goals.
Richard Heinberg contrasts eco-localism’s focus on resilient local economies, environmental protection and reduced inequality with tariff policies driven by geopolitical leverage, arguing that similar tools can serve fundamentally different goals.
‘Studies in Happiness’: What Japan Can Teach Us About Thriving Beyond Economic Growth
Japan offers insights into how communities can pursue well-being, resilience, and a fulfilling life beyond the conventional pursuit of endless economic growth.
Japan offers insights into how communities can pursue well-being, resilience, and a fulfilling life beyond the conventional pursuit of endless economic growth.