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David Holmgren is an Australian environmental designer, ecological educator, and co-originator of the permaculture concept. His work focuses on sustainable living, energy descent, and community resilience.
Known for: Future Scenarios: How Communities Can Adapt to Peak Oil and Climate Change
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Future Scenarios: How Communities Can Adapt to Peak Oil and Climate Change
Future Scenarios explores how global energy descent and climate change may shape the future of human societies. Holmgren outlines four possible scenarios—ranging from energy descent to collapse—based on the interplay between energy availability and climate stability. The book encourages communities and individuals to prepare for resilient, sustainable living in a post-carbon world.
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Framework for Analysis
To make sense of the vast and unpredictable intersection between energy and climate, I use a simple but powerful framework. I imagine a two-dimensional matrix defined by two axes: energy availability and climate stability. The energy axis ranges from abundance to scarcity, representing our access to...
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Historical Context
To grasp the weight of the coming descent, we must revisit the energetic ascent that brought us here. For most of human history, civilizations operated on the steady but limited flow of solar energy—through food, forests, wind, and water. The Industrial Revolution broke that rhythm. With the discove...
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About David Holmgren
David Holmgren is an Australian environmental designer, ecological educator, and co-originator of the permaculture concept. His work focuses on sustainable living, energy descent, and community resilience.
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