Collapse

Globalization makes it impossible for modern societies to collapse in isolation,

The fifth set of factors—the society’s responses to its environmental problems—always proves significant.

environmentalists aren’t willing to engage with big businesses, which are among the most powerful forces in the modern world, it won’t be possible to solve the world’s environmental problems.

Even today, there is a human tendency to increase production and population during good decades,

fragility (susceptibility to damage) or as resilience (potential for

In addition, Montana ores are rich in iron sulfide, which yields sulfuric acid.

the acquisition of reliable knowledge about the world.

it’s difficult to get people to agree on exercising restraint in harvesting a shared resource

because of changes in natural forces that drive climate and that have nothing to do with humans.