Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Rod Dreher’s political hybrid: the all-natural, whole-grain conservative /
UK: ‘Clear lead needed’ on green life /
Zero emissions, village-style car-free neighbourhoods – in China /
Derrick Jensen: Beyond hope /
Ex-mayor of LA:
Leave the gas at the pump and pedal away
Building industry coalesces around environmental techniques / Dongtan and greening China / Vampire Power / Teaching environmental science without a textbook
Outside Magazine does Peak Oil (good article) /
Bartlett on CSPAN last night /
Hirsch et al publish summary of latest study
Shanghai – racing to the future, but preserving its culinary heritage /
What is the value of a tree? /
Evangelical Virginia farmer says a revolution against industrial agriculture is coming (Salatin) /
New “100-Mile Diet” website /
Jane Jacobs, urban activist, is dead at 89 /
New Urbanism’s ten solutions
Talking Grub: Anna Lappe & Bryant Terry – good food & social justice /
Sustaining Ourselves Locally (SOL) – grassroots video /
Wheels of justice often roll over cyclists /
Reading smart growth: guide to the literature of sprawl /
Interview with Michael Pollan (new book “Omnivore”) /
Pedal power at UC Berkeley
Car-borrowing in Philly /
In praise of … commons /
Elderly woman ticketed for walking too slowly /
Natural light ‘to reinvent bulbs’ /
Let’s make a meal (Pollan’s “Omnivore”)
Where to start? The answer to this one is easy. Governments at all levels must start planning, planning, planning for what clearly is to come — be it in five months or five years.
If the average American could live the “good life” of living in a stereotypical Tuscan villa, and if they are shown how they, too, CAN have this lifestyle, then people will literally flock to this structure. Ultimately, this is a POSITIVE vision of the future—not a reversion to feudal serfdom, but a progression to a more egalitarian and human-compatible life…
World ‘cannot meet oil demand’ /
OPEC warns high commodity prices may kill oil projects /
New ASPO-USA newsletter /
Toward a new vision for Hamilton (PO & cities) /
Energy philosophy for entropic times /
The Darwin Award for self-extinction goes to…
Kaboom: Peak copper, superspike prices, oil and US debt /
Peak oil passnotes: oil prepares to push on /
No problemo? Rochester and the decline of cheap oil (Kunstler) /
A peek past peak oil by UBC professor
Think globally, eat locally /
A ‘green’ building rises amid Beijing smog /
Green building: sustainability is good business /
Forbes: America’s greenest cities /
U.S. cities’ preparedness for an oil crisis /
L.A. urban farmers fight for community garden /
Live uncomfortably, live long
Mapping as an infill tool /
HP wants your Old PCs back /
A better shade of green for Wall Street /
The small but beautiful ways to save the planet /
Anything into oil (thermal conversion)
