Solutions & sustainability – Feb 22
The Economist hearts local green solutions
Revegetating unloved public ground
Green economics and new thinking
We’ll save the planet only if we’re forced to
Food & Water
Eugene, Oregon: Community and personal collapse preparation
Eugene makes an interesting case-study of a mid-sized city confronting the triple threat of Peak Oil, climate change, and financial meltdown. The area seems the perfect fit for relocalization. On the other hand, there is a wide gap between adding buzz words to the city manager’s lexicon and actually changing business as usual. Food security is a good place to start. (In-depth interview with writer and activist Dan Armstrong, part 1)
A farmer goes to a rock concert
It seemed inconceivable that the music of Ted Nugent, the Motor City Madman, and his rock group, “Damn Yankees,” could have cultural connections to old mother agriculture.
A theology of compost
The homely and practical art of composting has implications that stretch far beyond its value as a way of maintaining soil fertility. Can it teach us to build societies less vulnerable to resource depletion and the hard realities of life on an unstable planet?
What is Canada doing about peak oil?
An open letter to Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Hon. Gary Lunn. The author has been researching peak oil for the National Farmers Union.
Food & agriculture – Feb 20
Grocery stores being demolished for condos
The great-granny diet
With food, it’s not as simple as ‘buy local’
Picking roses that don’t despoil the land
Biofuels – Feb 18
Better biofuels before more biofuels
RFA’s Bob Dinneen on viability of biofuels
Food & agriculture – Feb 18
Britain runs out of pasta as costs soar
“Food miles”- don’t forget land use policies
Soy displaces cattle as main farm activity in Argentina
New economics – Feb 18
Green collar jobs study
Paul Krugman: Poverty is poison
New book: Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail
The crisis is so bad the financial press turns bolshie
The lure of the city
The history of the 19th and 20th centuries could fairly be characterized as the history of urbanization. Will the history of the 21st century be more of the same?
Food & agriculture – Feb 16
Michael Pollan: The omnivore’s next dilemma
Energy Farms – blogging from the epicenter of relocalization
AI (Agricultural Intelligence)
Obesity – key driver for food localization?
Two reports at odds on biotech crops
Hard times – Feb 15
Heat or eat – an expanding crisis
The growing battle for the right to water
UN says soaring prices leave poor hungry
Cooking gas crisis hitting India’s poor hard
