Every now and then you come across something that makes you think about the big picture of the world, and it makes you ask yourself, “What do we need to do to make sure we can survive, live and thrive on this earth?”  As a sociology major in college with a great interest in sustainability, I thought deeply about this question a lot, and I still do.   (In truth it was my interest in societal structure & problems that brought me to environmental work.  It’s hard to solve problems in our society without redesigning how we think and act, especially in terms of the environment as we depend on it for our survival.)

So what made me go on this deep theological quest, you may be thinking to yourself?  A subscriber to our Public Alert Network just sent me a very interesting article entitled “Ten Ways to Prepare for a Post-Oil Society.”

I encourage you to read it and take a bit of time to process it.  The article raises several interesting points and thoughts on how we’re going to have to revamp how our society works to survive in a society after oil, a non-renewable energy source, is gone for good.