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The False Hope of Linearity

August 3, 2010 Mike Thomas

Humans have the remarkable ability to ignore almost every sign pointing to anything but the most favourable outcome. For somethings,…

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Posted in: Sustainability, Transitions Filed under: assumptions, BC, future, futurism, linear, predictions, relationship, Sustainability, unpredictable

Why I Hate the News

May 26, 2010 Mike Thomas 2 Comments

It might just be the feeds that I follow in Google Reader, but I have been inundated with blow-by-blow posts,…

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Posted in: BC, Business, Energy, Sustainability, Technology, Transitions Filed under: BP, Deepwater Horizon, engineering, Exxon Valdez, future, futurism, mainstream media, media, News, peak oil, resources, Transition, windfall

The Kootenay Cone of Silence

May 19, 2010 Mike Thomas 3 Comments

Aside from what you read on the internet, life in the Kootenays just keeps on rollin’ on. Who would know…

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Posted in: Blogging, Community, Kootenays, Rural, Sustainability, Transitions Filed under: BC, British Columbia, Castlegar, economics, economy, environment, future, futurism, Kootenays, long emergency, oil spill, reality, Rossland, Technology, USA

Projecting the Future for Civil Society

May 14, 2010 Mike Thomas 1 Comment

I’m slowly whittling my way through the pile of great books on my desk, I haven’t done a book review…

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Posted in: Book Review, Business, Community, Energy, Governance, Sustainability, Transitions Filed under: Activism, Charles Hughes Smith, economics, environment, future, politics, realism, society, survival, Survival Plus, Sustainability, USA

Gambling the Future

April 6, 2010 Mike Thomas

Kunstler hits the nail on the head in his weekly post: Housing starts may still be weak, but the “gaming”…

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Posted in: Business, Community, Governance, Transitions Filed under: future, Gambling, gaming, Kunstler

A Focus on Food

March 11, 2010 Mike Thomas

While Castlegar City Council makes an impassioned plea for residents to understand the tough times the City is facing, it…

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Posted in: Business, Castlegar, Rural, Sustainability, Urban Farming Filed under: Castlegar, economy, farming, food, future, Kootenays, peak oil, Resilience, Sustainability, urban farming

The Future of Infrastructure?

February 17, 2010 Mike Thomas

We speak in very real terms about the state of infrastructure deficit we find ourselves in as a nation and…

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Posted in: Cities, Development, Regulation, Sustainability, Transitions, Transportation Filed under: future, futurism, government, services, survival, taxes, Transition Towns, Transitions, Utilities, vision

Peak Oil Vignette 4 – Summer Harvest

January 29, 2010 Mike Thomas

I straightened up from the soothing task of weeding the rows of baby carrots, rubbing my back as I watched…

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Posted in: Peak Oil Vignettes, Sustainability, Urban Farming Filed under: farming, fiction, future, goats, Health, peak oil, simple life, simple living, story, urban agriculture, urban farming

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