After years of stagnant growth in conventional oil extraction rates, ignorance of Hubbert's Curve has peaked. Now that the mainstream can't dismiss the issue, public conversations proclaim an exuberant belief in marginal reserves as our savior. Claims of American energy independence have fueled a dialogue that threatens to drive the US economy towards a fiscal and energy cliff. Can we look toward renewables to meet our energy needs for the future? Is it possible to start telling a new story abou...
Aug 10, 2012•2 hr 11 min
Success for the environmental movement has meant many of its members adopted mainstream values in attempts to sustain the unsustainable. Is sustainability a farce when associated with a way of life that is out of touch with reality? Global droughts, weather catastrophes and heatwaves are demonstrating the rapidly increasing impact of atmospheric greenhouse gases. With decades of inaction on climate change, are we all climate denialists? Could there be an environmental movement that works to exit...
Jul 29, 2012•2 hr 22 min
By failing to question our money system, we've accepted an understanding of finance and fiat that's showing its flaws greater than ever. This globalized currency system draws money out of localities and into the hands of corrupt financial institutions. Can we start recapturing these flows of money to build resilient communities? If the Federal Reserve can print money, why can't we? In Extraenvironmentalist #45 we speak to Michael Linton , developer of LETS and the Community Way currency system a...
Jul 11, 2012•2 hr
Roughly 90% of the world's economics professionals failed to see the current economic crisis forming on the horizon of the early 21st century. Many of them are now striving for stability through policies of refinancing and quantitative easing. While this class of economic thinkers have driven the planet's policies for decades, their faulty logic is being exposed by structurally high unemployment and failing banks. Ben Bernanke and Mario Draghi are using central bank policies to prop up a system ...
Apr 23, 2012•2 hr 40 min
Energy drives our civilization: onward towards the limits of human imagination, ever closer to the grave consequences of oil depletion. Technology is often viewed as a mythical force, seemingly bestowing its gifts on an often misguided species in a neutral manner; though what if the best technologies don't always win? Are all the energy solutions we're banking on to continue a capitalist consumer lifestyle just an innovation away from mass deployment? Could social choices of technologies be far ...
Jun 11, 2011•1 hr 41 min
In the course of an extraordinary life, one might become the kind of person who, without intending it, is a source of marvelous accidents. Two young men set out from Colorado to the rainforest of South America as they hunt down an elusive chemical with the potential to reveal new dimensions of human nature. During this quest, they find something much greater, as their encounter with an enigmatic other sets their lives on a path too wild to predict. In Extraenvironmentalist #15 we speak with Denn...
May 07, 2011•1 hr
In the course of an extraordinary life, one might become the kind of person who, without intending it, is a source of marvelous accidents. Two young men set out from Colorado to the rainforest of South America as they hunt down an elusive chemical with the potential to reveal new dimensions of human nature. During this quest, they find something much greater, as their encounter with an enigmatic other sets their lives on a path too wild to predict. In Extraenvironmentalist #15 we speak with Denn...
May 07, 2011•58 min
Though we call it dirt, the soil beneath is the skin of our planet and the breadbasket of our species. Is there a connection between the lifespan of a civilization and the rate at which its topsoil erodes? The agricultural practices of past societies can serve as a stern warning against highly erosive farming and point the way towards a revolution in the way we produce the sustenance needed for survival and prosperity. What does it mean that rapidly increasing food prices are causing riots aroun...
Apr 17, 2011•1 hr 23 min
How has access to artificial light allowed us to transform our human lives? Did it give us access to new reaches of the day or has it disconnected us from nature? The development of inexpensive and accessible light has brought about social change with its many forms: from animal fat candles to whale blubber, oil to electrified carbon filaments. Each varying source brings with it not only light but the dark side of fuel consumption. In Extraenvironmentalist #10 we speak with Jane Brox , author of...
Jan 26, 2011•1 hr 11 min
Converging crises of the environment, energy and our personal psychology threaten to destabilize the economic systems we depend on for subsistence. Globalization has provided tremendous financial benefits and convenience for specific groups but has degraded communities while spreading the emotional and spiritual depravity of materialism. By developing a local resilient economy can we counteract the shadow of globalization while addressing the predicaments of energy depletion, resource scarcity a...
Jan 03, 2011•1 hr 8 min
With the Holidays upon us, we were able to secure a last minute interview with Santa Claus! That fell through so we were passed off to Nick jr. who gave us an in-depth view of life at the north pole. Though our elfin magic connection through various HAM radio repeater stations was a little hazy, […] (Visited 1,470 times, 28 visits today) The post [ Extra-Extraenvironmentalist .01 // Christmas Special ] appeared first on Extraenvironmentalist ....
Dec 25, 2010•24 min
As a response to the dire situation facing modern industrial civilization it can be tempting to seek a simpler life away from the complexity and out in nature. Quite a few from the previous generation have already made such a choice and recognizing this we can learn from their trials and successes. In Extraenvironmentalist #8 […] (Visited 1,445 times, 32 visits today) The post [ Episode #8 // Back to the Garden ] appeared first on Extraenvironmentalist ....
Dec 13, 2010•1 hr
Now is the season of spirits. Together we face the most horrifying of all poltergeists: the ghost of phantom wealth. Numbers representing the money in our bank account are very different from real wealth. While the focus is on gaining and creating money, this very process sublimates a methodology of destruction and wealth extraction from […] (Visited 1,525 times, 35 visits today) The post [ Episode #5 // Phantom Wealth ] appeared first on Extraenvironmentalist ....
Nov 01, 2010•1 hr 29 min
Oil is more efficient than coal; coal is more efficient than wood. We've been using more efficient energy sources throughout the timeline of modern industrial society yet our ecological footprint has continued to grow. If our technology has been making us more efficient all along, why do we continue to grow our ecological footprint? Could […] (Visited 1,712 times, 25 visits today) The post [ Episode #4 // Technological Inefficiency ] appeared first on Extraenvironmentalist ....
Oct 14, 2010•58 min
We are surrounded by a media maelstrom on a daily basis and every so often that tornado of music and language coalesces into something that inflicts a bewildering inspiration. This podcast is about enlightened entertainment and that's what The Extraenvironmentalist #2 delivers. Sure, it might be a little all over the place, but isn't everyone? […] (Visited 1,553 times, 28 visits today) The post [ Episode #2 // Powerful Plastic ] appeared first on Extraenvironmentalist ....
Aug 31, 2010•58 min
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Jul 14, 2010•53 min
