Post-Soviet Lessons now available in Portuguese

José Almeida de Souza Jr., Brazil, has translated the entire article. This is a first. If you wish to translate it into another language, please do so. No need to ask me permission, as long as you agree to freely share the result and show it to me first.

New Review of RC on Dry Dipstick

Mick Winter of Dry Dipstick has just published an excellent review of my book, Reinventing Collapse. Many other reviews are available on Amazon. What more convincing do you need? Buy it, read it, and you will feel better even as your world continues to collapse all around you!

Upcoming Community Solutions Conference

The Fifth Annual conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions will be held on October 31 – November 2 at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. I will be presenting on two subjects:

• The Five Stages of Collapse (Highly topical, as we are currently in the middle of Stage 1, with elements of Stages 2 and 3 plainly visible on the horizon.)

• Planning for a Sail Transport Network: Challenges and Opportunities

Also speaking at this conference will be John Michael Greer, John Michael Greer, Pat Murphy, Katrin Klingenberg, Peter Bane, Christopher Bedford, John Richter, and Megan Quinn Bachman.