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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

Deep thought - May 20

• Some of My Best Friends Are Germs • Bye-Bye Baby Boomers …

The Great (and Not So Great) Bike Debates

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

The Corporate Enclosure of Seeds Intensifies

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

Too soon to tell: The case for hope, continued

Ten years ago, as a contrarian and a person who prefers not to see others suffer, I tried to undermine despair with the case for hope.

Foodlab Detroit Fosters New Business Paradigm, Jobs

As Detroit recovers from staggering unemployment due to the mass exodus of the auto industry, small business creation is now being touted by many …
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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?

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 …

Peak oil review - May 20

 A weekly update. Including: -Oil and the global economy -Middle East …

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 …

Mundraub.org: Sharing our common fruit

In a rural area in the former East Germany, late summer 2009: Shimmering heat, the intense odor of fermenting fruits is in the air. A tree covered …

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 …

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 …
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