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Bear in mind
Women’s Bear Riding Mountain Bike Tee by DarkCycleClothing via Etsy.com I love it that for the past few years woodland animals have been all the rage in DIY design circles. Some are nouveau-cutesy,...
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Only love remains
Photo: williamshannon/flickr. Most people would say I’m not religious. I’m not spiritually religious, although I exhibit some behaviors in a religious manner. I refer to myself as a free-thinker, a...
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Healing ourselves before our sick culture kills us
Real existence is not our dying culture or our staggering debt or our poisoned politics. It’s our connection to each other. Photo: mnsc. We share this world — the good Earth. We are a part of it; we...
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Everyman’s journey
We’re re-running this popular piece from the first year of Transition Voice. Pilgrim’s Progress: From This World to That Which Is To Come A Survival Sampler “So, can I ask you a personal question? What...
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The real war on Christmas and why it matters
So what if Bill O’Reilly and Fox News, in the name of defending Christmas, are really hijacking the holiday to pit people against each other and against the planet? Christmas season is making me tired....
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Ackerman and McPherson Dialogue: The idiot box
Couch potato, eyes glazed and mind confused. Photo: Stars Alive via Flickr. The following is the fifth in an ongoing dialogue (cyber-discussion) between two cultural philosophers and regular Transition...
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Sadly, extinction is no laughing matter
The wise fool. Quoting Carl Sagan, I begin some presentations with this line: It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring....
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The masculine, the feminine and the collapse of it all
Photo: 1950sUnlimited/Flickr. As modernity’s brief flight into the stratosphere of the industrial age begins its final descent, those who have not turned away from watching the inevitable hard landing...
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4 ways to respond to the Boston Marathon bombings
After the bombing attack on Monday that killed three and left more than 170 injured at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Americans try to make sense of yet another act of senseless violence....
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Masculinity and the end of time
Photo: Alan Cleaver/Flickr. Ah, it’s good to have a sense of humor. In fact, a sense of humor is an essential part of what I’ve been calling “the New Masculine.” As an example, almost as soon as my...
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Men, women, collapse and conflict
Photo: quinn.anya/Flickr. As I reflect on my travels and interactions during the past year, one theme persists in my conversations with folks about collapse. Whereas the most burning questions used to...
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Faith communities, foodsheds and the future
Photo: Holy Nativity Episcopal Church. You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. — Joel 2:26 We are the transformers of...
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Our daily conveniences are somebody else’s suffering
Jain nuns in India reject electricity for ethical reasons. Photo by author. I grope my way up the stairs in near-complete darkness, unaccustomed to the uneven concrete floors and unexpected corners of...
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Fukushima, climate change, near-term extinction: Resignation vs. surrender
Photo: sky#walker/Flickr. All things die and all things live forever; But our task is to die, To die making roads, Roads over the sea. – Antonio Machado Recently a reader of my website asked me to...
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This is what collapse feels like: Becoming a student of fear
Photo: Nathan O’Nions/Flickr. This article is the first part of a five-part series by Carolyn Baker on dealing with the emotions aroused by the collapse of industrial civilization. Lest anyone assume...
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Anger: When rage and cynicism aren’t enough
Photo: “Click-64″/Flickr. PART 2 OF 5. This article is the second part of a five-part series by Carolyn Baker on dealing with the emotions aroused by the collapse of industrial civilization, “What...
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Living under sentence of death: No time to waste
Photo: andrew prickett/Flickr. Last night, I dreamed that a doctor told me I had cancer. Somehow, I knew that all treatment was pointless. I knew that I would die. And since it was lung cancer, I...
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16 ways to avoid being a Transition hypocrite
If we’re worried about peak oil and climate change, we should give up air travel before it gives us up. Photo: fakelvis/Flickr. Martin Heidegger was obsessed with authenticity. He viewed ontological...
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Resilience begins with the heart: All roads lead to grief
PART 3 OF 5. This article is the third part of a five-part series by Carolyn Baker on dealing with the emotions aroused by the collapse of industrial civilization, “What Collapse Feels Like.” Read the...
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Despair: Every hour offers a choice
Photo: phillip.bitnar/Flickr. PART 4 OF 5. This article is the fourth part of a five-part series by Carolyn Baker on dealing with the emotions aroused by the collapse of industrial civilization, “What...
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