Deep thought – Feb 26
Monbiot: Cutting consumption is more important than limiting population
Interview with William Halal and Dmitry Orlov
World Made by Hand and post-apocalyptic fiction: a prepper’s perspective
Population
United Kingdom – Feb 20
Scottish greenwash: Dirty claims on clean coal
Is it selfish to have more than two children?
Dumped in Africa: Britain’s toxic waste
Deep thought – Feb 10
The fight to get aboard Lifeboat UK
Population growth: the forgotten worry, though crisis continues
Candles In The Darkness
Food & agriculture – Feb 11
Is America on the Brink of a Food Crisis?
Britain ‘must revive farms’ to avoid grave food crisis
Food security and global warming: Monsanto versus organic
Population – Feb 8
Dependency time-bomb
Two children should be limit, says green guru in UK
Too many people, too much stuff – Feb 1
Peak middle class
CSM: Earth’s big problem: Too many people
Peak everything
Energy and ecology: why societies really succeed and fail
A human society that aspires for long-term sustainability will want to live in accord with basic ecological principles: energy comes from the sun; all resources are constantly cycled such that there is no waste whatsoever; fertile soil is the foundation of terrestrial life; and a sustainable population of a given species is one that is maintained at or within the carrying capacity of the ecosystem.
Population – Jan 29
Population Australia’s ‘big threat’
Japan workers urged: Go home and multiply
Peak oil? Global warming? No, it’s ‘Boomsday!’
United States – Jan 15
Dems unveil $825B in spending increases, tax cuts
Advice to Obama: Yes we can, but will we?
Energy nominee Chu: Coal, nuclear an ‘important part’ of power mix
Shaky economy means ‘bye-bye baby’ for some
Two geologists on saving the earth
Interview with the geologist-authors of The American West at Risk, a recently-published tome that details how ongoing environmental issues are destroying the general livability of Earth for all species, including humans. This book shouldn’t just be on every wannabe Greenpeace activist’s nightstand. Each of the 13 chapters explore one subject in depth — forestry, mining, military operations, road building, to name a few — and balances science with politics and reality to sharpen the argument for preservation of natural resources.
Deep thought – Jan 1
A world without money?
See the Blind Spot, a new documentary
In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
United States – Dec 27
NY Times on the gas tax
Braddock, Pennsylvania: Out of the furnace and into the fire
‘The nurses’ birthed a better place at Stinking Creek