Graham Turner Extended Interview - A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity

Graham Turner is an academic whose focus is on whole-of-system analysis on the long-term physical sustainability of the environment and economy. This is the full interview we shot with him for our film "A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity". We can only ever fit in a few minutes' worth of the amazing interviews we get to shoot, so here's the whole thing for people who want to get into the nitty-gritty!

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[lorebrown]

One consumer problem now is lousy quality.Two new appliances, a fridge and washer/dryer I purchased are falling apart after only 6 months. An Electrolux vacuum cleaner I inherited is still working after 30 years.We need to bring back quality then there will be less junk in landfill

[MarmaladeINFP]

At the end of his video, his suggestion of self-reliance is naive. Those who would survive a collapse are those who develop community-reliance. It is irrelevant to be self-reliant if there isn't a local system in place to support and protect you. You'd need a way of easily shift to local agriculture that would feed the entire local population, a system to ensure everyone's needs are taken care of to avoid social unrest and mob violence, and a militia to defend from potential outside threats.

[davedavidson]

I can listen to this a lot better at 1.25 playback speed. Funny, I was just listening to the Automatic Earth lady and she is better at .75

[michaels]

"moving away from these centralized systems and bringing things back to the local"--no, that does not avoid collapse, that *is* collapse. The choice may be between a planned collapse now and a chaotic collapse later.

[dayseyemonkey]

Please see the questions out loud I’m listening not watching