Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
In Scott Yates’ article of March 3 titled “Mr. Woolsey: ‘We can replace half the country’s gasoline’ ” Mr. Woolsey professes that one way to wean ourselves off of Middle Eastern oil is by growing biofuels and increasing fuel economy standards. He thinks this will “…keep its (America’s) energy future simple.”
Car sharing is the new consumer model /
Community farming in LA: neoliberalism at the garden gate /
Food miles don’t go the distance /
Auto design challenge: 250 MPG equals $25 million from the X Foundation /
In search of ethical gladrags (“slow clothes” movement)
Today’s mounting social and ecological crises demand responses that are broad, deep, and strategic. Given the widespread destruction wrought by globalisation, it seems clear that the most powerful solutions will involve a fundamental change in direction – towards localizing rather than globalising economic activity. In fact, ‘going local’ may be the single most effective thing we can do.
Burst oil pipeline causes ‘catastrophe’ in Alaska /
UK: New suburbia is an environmental cul-de-sac /
U.S. about to become net food importer /
Is America facing yet another dust bowl? /
Climate change ‘irreversible’ as Arctic sea ice fails to re-form /
Even Bush’s business allies have seen the light on global warming, but he’s dug in /
UN report: 2004 set record for carbon dioxide
‘Technology feeds grassroots media’ /
Inviting anarchy into my home (living well on $500/month) /
Organic produce more nutritious /
Lowering electricity demand in Bangladesh
Stronger solar storms predicted; blackouts may result /
The new biofuel republics /
Ensuring a biofuels industry that truly benefits rural America /
The green bullet (ethanol and foreign policy) /
St Patrick and the shortage of engineers /
Oil industry asks for help to ease skills shortage
This is hospital food? /
In Berkeley, lunch is a learning experience /
Why the nation’s largest community garden must become a Wal-Mart warehouse /
Is it even possible to withdraw from the marketplace? /
“Just a little effort” — A new approach to environmentalism spreads across Japan
California farmland faces threats from development at the same time food security is threatened by global energy descent.
Seven Kentucky colleges and universities, along with 13 state and community organizations, have organized a conference that speaks to the severe and imminent threats to sustainability that face our nation.
New Permaculture Activist focuses on peak oil /
“We have to get smart fast”: Learning from Balinese rice farmers /
Dovecote attractor – a mainstay of sustainability /
Sauntering toward a post-oil era: replacing cars with feet
"Try to image an airplane suddenly losing its engines. It was really a crash"… A crash that put Cuba into a state of shock. There were frequent blackouts in its oil-fed electric power grid, up to 16 hours per day. The average daily caloric intake in Cuba dropped by a third.
Smart friction-free sailing /
Lovins and other links /
Forgotten by many, a Brooklyn neighborhood nourishes its own /
How the feds make bad-for-you food cheaper than healthful fare (the cheap-corn policy)
