<p>The energy descent from peak oil production imposes decades of contraction in the global economy. An orderly contraction, particularly in the US, is not likely for a number of reasons. The decline of the oil civilization is a phenomenon and spectacle of such complexity that understanding it requires a systems perspective.

<p>- Spaniards To Continue Mass Action for at Least a Week<br>- Tens of thousands defy Spain's pre-election protest ban<br>- Spain eyewitness: The people demand to be heard<br>- Nick Griffin and the fall of the BNP<br>- Money Troubles Take Personal Toll in Greece<br>- Athens Plunges Deeper Into Crisis (ethnic strife)

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/john_anderson.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="67" height="100" /></span> The story of the presidential campaign of former U.S. Representative John B.

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/ecolgical_frift.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="68" height="100" /></span> John Bellamy Foster's book focuses on a sustained critique of the mainstream ecological theories, solutions and proposals that do not address the root cause of the dilemma, and that do not

<p>So what do you think? Do you think left and right, in some or all variations can work together? To what extent are political ends enough, and to what extent are the means and underlying enlightenment philosophies critical?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-05-16/so-can-some-variations-left-and-some-variations-right-work-together">read more</a></p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/new-revolution2.thumbnail.gif" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="46" /></span>A new youth climate movement lead by Alec Loorz, who is suing the US government over lack of climate action on behalf of his generation, seeks to raise awareness, move the climate conversati

<p>- Military thinkers: for a bright American future, look to sustainability and liberalism <Br>- Renewable Energy Can Power the World, Says Landmark IPCC Study<Br>- Taboo Economics<Br>- ‘The Ecological Rift’: a radical response to capitalism’s war on the planet (book review)<Br>- Poet Wendell Berry on Mankind's Ecological Imprint</p>

<p>With the environmental crisis, we’re now in a situation where we can decide whether biologist Ernst Mayr was right or not. If nothing significant is done about it, and pretty quickly, then he will have been correct: human intelligence is indeed a lethal mutation.

<p>- Wendell Berry, Tim DeChristopher, and Teri Blanton discuss principled activism <br>- Bristol burns once more in protests against new Tesco supermarket<br>- Watch out! You're leading a movement!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-05-05/activism-may-5">read more</a></p>

<p>What confidence should we now have in projections about China that assume more of the same? The ruling Communist Party threw the dice definitively for state capitalism and untrammeled growth decades ago and now sits atop a potential volcano. Only one thing may keep the present system safely in place: ever more growth.

<p>- Will China's peak herald the "peak human"?<Br>- Live long. Stay healthy. Join the immortals<br>- Immanuel Wallerstein: The world system after 1945</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-05-02/future-past-may-2">read more</a></p>

<p>- Eric Schlosser: Why Being a Foodie Isn’t ‘Elitist’<br>- Fava beans: Roasting pods simplifies preparation<br>- Are mushrooms the new plastic (video)<br>- Eliot Coleman: Organic agriculture: deeply rooted in science and ecology<br>- Radical plots: The politics of gardening</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-05-02/food-agriculture-may-2">read more</a></p>

<p>Since the crisis of industrial society is being driven by social and economic habits that foster the extravagant use of energy and other resources, it would seem to be obvious that using much less of these things ought to be the foundation of any reasonable response.

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/boliva_boy.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="75" /></span>A new law expected to pass in Bolivia mandates a fundamental ecological reorientation of the nation’s economy and society.</p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/Naomi-and-Laney-class-300x168.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="56" /></span>Local initiatives like the Oakland Energy and Climate Action Plan aren’t enough to tackle the climate crisis.