If you are a regular consumer of environmental news and commentary, you are familiar with the narrative of humanity's downfall. The story, we are told, looks like this.
If we continue to ignore the danger signs while exceeding the planet's carrying capacity, the future may get ugly.
For the time being, we are on a precipice.
Although our thought leaders and scholars have been giving us ample warning, we don't seem to be paying attention. Maybe they should listen to the words of Jenny Price and try a new tack. But that may be asking too much. Once someone starts down this civilization-is-collapsing road, like Guardian blogger Nafeez Ahmed, it's hard to stop. If you want a tour guide to the apocalypse, Ahmed is your guy. He is the erudite version of this fringe chararacter. I must admit that I find the collapse junkies entertaining. I'm sure they believe the ...
