Dirt:
The Erosion of Civilizations Dave
Montgomery is a geology professor, and the author of Dirt. He
discusses the notion that soil destruction, via agriculture, is a primary
reason for the collapse of civilizations.
Richard
Manning on the Psychosis of Civilization
Richard describes why civilization is a form of psychosis. There
are a few other Manning videos on YouTube.
John
Trudell - Tribes of Europe A
recording of John discussing the similarities between the old tribes of Europe
and the Native American tribes. There
are a number of Trudell videos on YouTube.
From the
Population Bomb to the Dominant Animal
In this lecture, Paul Ehrlich addresses the Stanford alumni on
the 40th anniversary of his book, The
Population Bomb, which predicted big doom ahead. In
retrospect, he says that the book was far too optimistic.
Paul
Roberts: The End of Food Paul
Roberts wrote The End
of Food, a book that has few kind words to say about our industrial
food system. He presents a body of information that will blow away the childlike
innocence suffered by people who eat like normal Americans. Will we be
able to feed nine billion in 2050? Roberts says absolutely not.
Derrick
Jensen - Endgame This a long video
describing his book Endgame.
There are many Jensen videos on YouTube.
Peak Oil
Lessons From The Soviet Union Dmitry
Orlov wrote Reinventing
Collapse. He is a Russian who grew up in the USSR prior to the
collapse of the system, and he has visited several times after the
collapse. Russia collapsed first, now it’s our turn. He believes
that collapse will be harder on Americans, because our social networks have
decayed far more. He provides many provocative insights.
