Bill Mckibben's Podcast

In this podcast, the author talks about how modern humans as a whole have permanently altered the universe. The universe is no longer the same and resources such as fossil fuels are running scarce. The world we used to live in was more suffiencent then this. That is why he chose to spell Earth "Eaarth", because it has fully changed. The main argument made by this author is that relentless growth has fundamentally changed the environment. There is no longer any capacity left to hold or money left to spend. The author suggests alternative methods to get by such as: a food system that doesn't depend on an intense amount of fossil fuels, having durability as a virtue instead of growth, and changing the price of energy to reflects the damage on society. A good point was made during this podcast that local agriculture around the country is flourishing so that should be taken advantage of. The bioregional quiz was a good website to be familiar with because the quiz put my lifestyle in perspective for me.