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by James Alexander Arnfinsen, Levevei
An interview with Joseph Redwood-Martinez about the documentary 'One day, everything will be free' which explores a reforestation initiative in Haiti, namely Sadhana Forest.
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by Joanne Poyourow, Transition US
A delightful and thoroughly enjoyable read: in my many years of reading environmental books there aren't many I could say that about. I found The Seed Undergound on a table at the home of a member of Transition Mar Vista/Venice, at an open house (open garden) as part of last month's 100+ home …
by Charles Hall, Post Carbon Institute/Foundation for Deep Ecology
EROI studies for most energy resources show a decline, indicating that depletion has been more important than technological improvements over time.
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by Diane Toomey, Yale Environment 360
U.S. businesswoman Katherine Lucey is working with a network of women entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa to sell inexpensive, household solar energy systems. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Lucey explains how solar electricity can transform lives, particularly those of rural women …
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by Joe Romm, Climate Progress
The big tornado outbreak, including a monster Oklahoma twister, have people asking again about a possible link to climate change. I’ll review the science in this post.
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by Andy Russell, Autonomy Acres
I have ruminated enough times on this blog about climate change that it should no longer pop up its ugly head, and yet it never ceases to amaze me as to how well it lends itself to a quick article. As homesteaders, so many of our daily activities lead to the out-of-doors, and therefore keeps us …
by Aaron Lehmer, World Shift Vision
Lurking behind the cover story of terrorism and modern unease is an even more troubling development: the endgame of fossil-fueled civilization, and hence, the end of space travel.
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by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
"Had austerity been organized like a clinical trial, it would’ve been discontinued given evidence of its deadly side effects," Stuckler says.
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May 21, 2013
by Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
•At margins of shale oil boom, a tempered euphoria •Fracking envy •Radioactive fracking debris triggers worries at dump sites •Poland’s shale gas hopes suffer blow •Poland Shale Boom Falters as State Targets Higher Taxes •The fight for North Dakota's …
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May 21, 2013
by Gustavo Esteva, The Wealth of the Commons
These notes offer a quick glance to ways, in the south of Mexico, in which people are regenerating the society from the bottom up. It is a new kind of revolution without leaders or vanguards....
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May 21, 2013
by Matt Mushalik, Crude Oil Peak
We have a race between peak oil and global warming. Symptoms of these complex processes pop up every now and then.
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May 21, 2013
by Helen Camakaris, Meanjin Quarterly
During the Pleistocene evolution favored those humans who left the most descendants so our evolved instincts encourage us to procreate, seek status and consume resources. Now sustainability is an existential issue and these instincts and our invention of technology are threatening our future.
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May 21, 2013
by Anna Glasser, Food Tank
The Edible Bus Stop (EBS) is a gardening project trying to transform neglected spaces throughout London into vibrant green patches of community engagement. The project is due to launch May 18, 2013 at the Grand Opening event, ‘Donate a Plant’ at the Landor Road Garden.
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May 21, 2013
by Brent Blackwelder, The Daly News
Is any nation on Earth taking seriously the need for a true-cost economy, where we live sustainably in a steady state?
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May 21, 2013
by Jason Heppenstall, 22 Billion Energy Slaves
So, sustainable communities, to me, means keeping out of the way of things that are too big to fail.
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May 21, 2013
by Greg Dalton, Climate One
How can reporting on energy, presented as opportunity or catastrophic risk, compete against grumpy cat memes and economic woes? Is there a secret to breaking through the flood of information to make a meaningful impression on the public?
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May 20, 2013
by Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
• Some of My Best Friends Are Germs
• Bye-Bye Baby Boomers
• The repentant environmentalist: Part 3
• Thanks for coming
• Needed: An ecosocialist cosmovision
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May 20, 2013
by Philip Ackerman-Leist, Post Carbon Institute
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
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May 20, 2013
by David Bergman, EcoOptimism
Cycling is a great example of an EcoOptimistic solution, as I’ve written about before. It works on so many angles that it surpasses the win-win-win solutions that I often discuss here.
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May 20, 2013
by Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch
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.
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May 20, 2013
by Anna Springer, Shareable
As Detroit recovers from staggering unemployment due to the mass exodus of the auto industry, small business creation is now being touted by many locals as a better solution for resiliency, higher wages and employment stability than big business recruitment. But starting a new business from a …
