Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
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
Yale study raises questions about sustainability of metal resources /
Globalization raises globalized risks – study /
India, China and the Asian axis of oil /
IMF’s Rajan: can’t rule out a run on the US dollar /
Suburban sprawl an irresistible force in US /
Sugar prices turn sour for consumers [ethanol fallout]
BBC: Energy gap – crisis for humanity? /
EU energy chief: Europe must cut consumption /
The 4 biggest oil fields in the world are in decline /
Peak oil crisis: Iran /
If you still think energy will not be THE issue in 2006, 2007, 2008, … /
Burnaby city: peak oil /
Oil vulnerability in the Australian city
News from sustainable Willits /
Germany agonises over 30% childless women /
It’s better to green your diet than your car /
Bringing global warming home /
Paved paradise in Berkeley /
EU legislators approve tough mining waste laws
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
Kinsale could be Ireland’s first energy-independent town when, as predicted, oil becomes more scarce and a lot more expensive. [A report from the County Cork local news.]
Petrotheism (animation) /
Peak oil summary for Australia /
Irish Times on unsustainable consumption /
Oil output will depend on investment, not reserves: CGES /
Dave Room (GPM) & Kirstin Miller (eco-cities) on KPFA /
Peak oil advocates shoot themselves in foot
Incompatibility of automobility-centric lifestyles with a healthy, resource-frugal future
Proposed solutions are often so big and general that we feel helpless. What can one person do about the Kyoto protocol? Permaculture brings a unique emphasis on what can be done by individuals and small groups, fostering a sense of empowerment. This article describes how a classic permaculture technique — zone and sector analysis — can be adapted to deal with peak oil and climate change.
Two big-state governors have hit the headlines last week with grand plans for the future. In California, Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a massive infrastructure construction program, while in New York, George Pataki has called for a renewable energy program. Both plans were developed by comparatively moderate Republican governors with an eye to the challenges of tomorrow. Unfortunately for the residents of these states, both wind up missing the larger point.
Professor Richard Harris talks to Trevor Shaw about the logic of suburbia and the future of sprawl.
Long article in urban planning journal that takes depletion seriously and suggests new priorities for the sector.
