Transport and cities – Jan 11
Cities most innovative in global warming fight
World at urban crossroads, warns report
Worldwatch’s Sheehan calls for federal action on efficiency and transportation
Worldwatch: our urban future
Act: Inspiration
Peak oil – Jan 11
Headlines, yes we have headlines
Peak Moment Television
U.S. Green Pres. candidate on PO in N. Calif.
Joy ride to global collapse
(reflections on Kunstler)
Thinking about peak oil – Jan 10
TOD Review: The Upside of Down
Review: Post-Petroleum Survival Guide & Cookbook
Heinberg’s synthesis deserves an Oscar
10 steps for a transition town initiative
Photographer documents peak oil
The peak oil crisis: a memorandum for the board
Oil depletion will not take place in a local vacuum. All levels of government and all international organizations will be involved. However the buck stops with the local governments which actually provide most of the services that will be needed to sustain society.
Solutions & sustainability – Jan 8
10 books on solutions for energy descent
Google hires William McDonough to design green center
Online activism 2.0: movement building
Misplacing the apocalypse
The foundation of the “doomer” perspective is implicitly theological – and as such is open to theological critique.
New books – Jan 7
The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilization by Thomas Homer-Dixon
How the New Oil Industry Will Change People, Politics and Portfolios by Bill Paul
Diamonds In My Pocket by Amanda Kovattana
Solutions & sustainability – Jan 5
The turning of the worm [soil]
Toward energy self-sufficiency
Why educating girls pays off more
New initiative to deglobalize economy of SF Bay Area
Urban & housing – Jan 3
Interview with “Subdivided” filmmaker
Revenge of the small
Chicago architects envision the future city
Parin Shah on urban environmental accords
Solutions & sustainability – Jan 3
Perils and rewards of carless parenting
He’s still following the sun
Surprising secret to a long life: stay in school
Black earth
A response to the President’s order for us to “go shopping”
Regarding whether I am more or less optimistic over this past year over the local and global response to peak oil, my response is what President Bush just said in his recent speech… “We are not winning, but we are not losing”.
Peak oil – Dec 29
Taking Hubbert home: Regional energy models
Strategic thinking and strategic planning
David Hughes on Canada’s oil and natural gas