Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
It is gratifying to know there are still Americans who, instead of wringing their hands at a possible problem headed their way, start figuring what to do about it. Self-reliant people are taking a look at what is happening in our financial world and wondering if it is time to plow up the backyard or that old horse lot and plant some food.
Ban Carbon Emissions, Don’t Price them: Why Cap and Dividend is the Best Approach
Why CEOs want carbon laws
Panama rainforest growing back?
“Lunatic farmer” Salatin in new film, Food, Inc.
Eating can be energy-efficient, too
Shrinking Your ‘Cookprint’
13 Breathtaking Effects of Cutting Back on Meat
On Globalization, Economics, And The History of Food Crises
All Better Now?
Retirement Dreams Disappear With 401(k)s
Real GDP and the Oil Shock of 2007-08
How much greenhouse gas comes from food?
Marijuana Advocates Point to Signs of Change
Just $6bn Will Save a Generation From Starvation, Says UN
Is conflict prevention “green”?
Lose weight to help the planet, researchers recommend
Are the Life-boats Sinking
D.C. Area Families Take Green to the ExtremeHow Green Is My Bottle?
The end is near! (Yay!) (NY TImes on the Transition Movement)
Why we forgot how to grow food (UK Times)
Homer-Dixon: A doomsayer, and a father, with a heart of faint hope
Are there demand limits to growth?
Why isn’t the brain green?
For a wide range of not-always-consistent reasons, people in Sandpoint decided that Transition could help them build the world they wanted. And now, only because enough people stepped forward and made that decision, Transition actually looked like a good tool for the job. They were picking it up by whatever handle they grasped. They were swinging it as earnestly as they could. (excerpts from an excellent article on the Transition Movement)
TOD: Energy-conscious cuisine
Toronto exhibit highlights city dwellers growing own food
Beauty and the vegetable (insane EU regulations)
Organic White House garden puts some conventional panties in a twist
For young Japanese, it’s back to the farm
Industrial hemp
7 steps to solving the food crisis
In praise of peasants
India’s Farming ‘Revolution’ Heading For Collapse
‘Green Revolution’ Trapping India’s Farmers In Debt
Punjab farmer suicides cast shadow on polls
What Your Neighborhood Needs is a Seed Library
Local sourcing and organic foods are among the top 20 hottest trends for 2009 for restaurants and it’s no wonder. People want tasty, clean, farm-fresh fruit and vegetables from farmers they know and they want to support their local communities and businesses
