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So Much Wasted Energy - Rethinking food waste

Regardless of terminology, one point is writ clear: the most technologically and economically advanced cultures in the world have the highest rates of food waste on the planet

The Great (and Not So Great) Bike Debates

Cycling is a great example of an EcoOptimistic solution, as I’ve …

Foodlab Detroit Fosters New Business Paradigm, Jobs

As Detroit recovers from staggering unemployment due to the mass exodus of …

Rethinking hot dinners and cold drinks

Data sometimes hurts, especially when it hits home. Just when it …

New report raises concerns about expansion of frac sand mines in Minnesota and Wisconsin

The true economic impact of frac sand mining may fall short of industry claims promising sustained prosperity and economic opportunity, says a …

Peak oil review - May 20

 A weekly update. Including: -Oil and the global economy -Middle East -China at a turning point? -Quote of the week -Briefs
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Governance in the Long Emergency

It is time to talk about important things. Why have we come so close to the brink of extinction so carelessly and casually?

Too soon to tell: The case for hope, continued

Ten years ago, my part of the world was full of valiant opposition to the …

Will the International Energy Agency's oil forecast be wrong again?

The famous Danish physicist Niels Bohr once humorously observed, …

Peak oil - May 17

•Supply shock from North American oil rippling through global markets …

Mundraub.org: Sharing our common fruit

In a rural area in the former East Germany, late summer 2009: …

A Desire Named Streetcar

Twentysomethings are eschewing their cars in never-before-seen numbers for alternate forms of transit...

'Follow the Money': How Rainforest Action Network Is Beating the Corporate Giants

We’ve arrived at a dangerous milestone. For the first time in human history, as Amy Goodman reported this week, "the amount of …

Don't Trust Your Stone Age Brain: It's Unsustainable

Humans have evolved to feel a single sense of self, but our emotional brain …

Deep Green Jobs

America's green jobs movement parades as many green hues as our national …

Why I haven’t been flying (much)

Over three decades I have received many requests to travel across Australia …

Unburnable: Risky Fossil Fuel Investments & Climate Crisis  

Two new reports say climate change could cause the next financial crisis. …

Why I’m marking passing 400 ppm by getting back on an aeroplane

I refuse to accept that the lurch to 500ppm, 600ppm, 800ppm is an …

Peak oil notes - May 16

A mid-week update. While oil prices are little changed this week, there has …

Counting the Calories and calories

 As soon as we step out of our homes in pursuit of food, we cross an …

What if there is Peak Oil?

So here is the dirty little secret of our civilization: It runs...energy …

The Corporate Enclosure of Seeds Intensifies

If you think that a farmer ought to be able to use the seeds from one crop …
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