Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
The time has come at TransitionCulture to address one of the less palatable but, I think, more fascinating aspects of this whole energy descent business. What happens when it becomes too costly, unfeasible or, due to sudden disruptions to our energy supplies, impossible, to run our mains sewage system?
Ex-CIA director Woolsey on oil addiction and alternatives /
Good news: [natural] gas prices are up. Bad news: they’ll fall again /
Pain at the pump doesn’t faze new-car buyers /
Indian villages for sale /
Interview with Russian Minister of Industry and Energy Khristenko
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba had to deal with extreme energy and fertilizer shortages. Micheline Sheehy Skeffington gives us some insight into how they transformed their agriculture.
San Francisco examines power of dog droppings /
Making compost of infected flocks may curb spread of bird flu /
UK & Japan: Achieving a low carbon society /
Amazonian terra preta soil can transform poor soil into fertile, reduce carbon /
States are already pushing to end our addiction to oil
Cuba’s oil bid angers U.S. /
Bush wants new fuels, but cuts energy-saving program /
Farmers try to limit pain of high fuel prices /
Budget doesn’t allocate funds to build oil reserve /
The geopolitics of natural gas
Dream Farm: how to beat climate change & post fossil fuel economy /
In appreciation of small towns /
Neighbours in England have turned eco-guinea pigs /
Growing demand for organic produce helps young farmers /
Winds of climate change make their impact felt in many a boardroom /
Could we get by without new power?
Palm Oil — TOD Southeast Asia Report
Business Week: Food vs. Fuel
Biofuels could damage environment, stymie development, says report
Fueling a New Farm Economy
The hippies were right all along about happiness /
The end of suburbia – or the beginning of widespread permaculture? /
McKibben on eating local for the winter /
Saving small farmers /
Miguel Altieri on industrial agriculture and agroecology /
Magazine “reap/sow” for young food activists /
Bat or badger? It’s the roadkill recipe book
Scotland and North Sea: Pouring oil on troubled borders /
NG costs draining farms /
How the US fell out of love with its cars /
Is a run on the (resource) bank behind rising inequality? /
Italy shivers as Europe’s cold spell hurts gas supply /
Saudis, Chinese agree to landmark energy accord /
Ford: Explorer era nearing a close /
Pricey oil is deflationary, not inflationary threat
Talk turns to change in Ashland, Oregon /
Lives recycled in Argentina /
Two studies: Urban sprawl adds pounds, pollution /
Agricultural sustainability = agricultural productivity /
Pay as you pollute /
Web 2.0 and the new corporate watchdogging
Grasshoppers and Non-Violent Communication (NVC) are the top two responses to Peak Oil I recommend,” responded Ano. “Oxen would be my first choice,” piped up Mango Jon—a thin and vital 73 years old.
UK MEP demands EU statement on ‘peak oil’ /
Independent: bracing the world for the day when the oil runs out /
BBC on energy depletion, alternative fuels & food security /
Canada’s former Governor General on peak oil /
Kunstler’s backroad trip
