by Bob Leonard Strategic Retreat is one of the most critical challenges we face as a consequence of our climate crisis. It’s a topic that hasn’t been covered in much detail in the climate literature. This is largely because, until recently, most books and media reports about climate change were focused on substantiating that […]
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by Bob Leonard “If man chooses oblivion, he can go right on leaving his fate to his political leaders. If he chooses Utopia, he must initiate an enormous education program… immediately, if not sooner.” – R. Buckminster Fuller We have to stop focusing on artificial dualities and past battles and move forward at […]
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By Bob Leonard Mankind is faced with a profound dilemma. To resist growth is to risk economic collapse. To continue to pursue growth relentlessly ensures collapse of our ecosystem which supports all life. For the most part, this dilemma goes unrecognized. All of our institutions continually point in the wrong direction. Those that do […]
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by Bob Leonard Every reader of this post has lived his or her life in a Growth Economy. It is all we know. It is our way of life. Think about how the economic health of any developed country is measured. All the metrics concentrate on growth, expansion and output. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) […]
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by Bob Leonard Our climate crisis is a global, extremely complex systemic problem. It cannot be solved by individuals using siloed legacy thinking. Designing a low-carbon future requires unprecedented levels of collaboration, creativity and imagination. Much of what we need to do to successfully alleviate our climate crisis is related to design. The […]
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by Bob Leonard When does the will to collectively face our climate emergency trigger a global mobilization that is up to the task? Americans often refer to the unprecedented ramp up at the beginning of WWII as an example of how quickly we can come together and defeat a common enemy. Can we move […]
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by Bob Leonard Nuclear power is an important component of our clean, sustainable energy future. Wind and solar are crucial and they will continue to be so. Nuclear power is also essential, and we need to get over knee jerk reactions related to Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and Fukushima. I explained in detail […]
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Editor’s Note: This post is comprised of a couple dozen excerpts from the Introduction and Chapter One of the book. I selected them to provide a quick and easy way for the reader to get a good idea of our premise… the reinvention of capitalism and the evolution of consumerism, in order to avoid catastrophe […]
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by Bob Leonard Because it is. I’m not going to list all the human institutions and ecosystems that are cracking at the seams. You know what they are. There seems to be a common cause for these societal woes. In “Moving to a Finite Earth Economy” my co-author, David Houle, detailed a reinvention […]
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