Agriculture – Oct 17
Harvest: Around the world in crops (photos)
World Bank neglects African farming
The challenges of Chinese organics
Climate change creating jobs (in agriculture)
Food & Water
Food – Oct 17
Barriers keep fresh, organic food out of school lunches
How does Alice Waters’ message play in the Heartland?
Do food miles make a difference to global warming?
Renewables – Oct 17
Prospects for organic solar cells damaged By questionable reports
Human waste can help save planet: Indian expert
California fuels expert Alex Farrell makes case for low carbon fuel standard
Renewables – Oct 16
A carbon-negative fuel (gasification and terra preta)
High hopes for renewable power from Earth’s depths
Lovins: Global warming and peak oil are irrelevant (efficiency)
Deep thought – Oct 14
Farm work vs. gardening- what makes work unpleasant?
Think-tank confidential
The pain of caring too much about the Earth’s death
Gandalf, Gunpowder and Neil Gaiman’s cats (hope and doom)
Food & agriculture – Oct 13
Eating kangaroo could cut gas emissions
How Malawi went from a nation of famine to a nation of feast
A conversation with Michael Pollan
Wheat prices surge to daily maximum
Study: for most efficient land use, add a little meat
A low-fat vegetarian diet is very efficient in terms of how much land is needed to support it. But adding some dairy products and a limited amount of meat may actually increase this efficiency, Cornell researchers suggest.
Biofuels – Oct 11
Nature: Kill King Corn
UN rapporteur calls for biofuel moratorium
NRC panel sees problems in ethanol production
Ethanol push could threaten water supplies
Peak oil – Oct 10
Van Jones: ‘Grow the comfort zone’
Heinberg attacks airlines’ bid to fly more Kiwis
Hubbert Linearization applied on Ghawar
BBC-Wales: Peak oil, local food and transition
Think oil can’t go higher? Think again
News Round-up from TOD:Canada
ODAC News
Food & agriculture – Oct 10
Grist special series on food and farming
You grow up, change your life, travel a million miles – the spirit of this food stays with you
Rent-a-Grandma: Keepers of culinary roots teach a generation lost to cooking
Food & agriculture – Oct 9
Revitalizing China’s dust bowl
Bird seed prices take wing
A lot of ingredients go into rising grocery bills
Peak petroleum and public health
At some point early in the 21st century, likely well before mid-century, petroleum production will peak and begin to decline. This will increase prices for petroleum and for the many goods and services that require petroleum for their production and transport. This transition will have far-reaching effects across society. Within the health sector, direct and indirect effects will be felt on medical supplies and equipment, transportation, energy, and food. Health professionals need to anticipate, prepare for, reduce, and adapt to petroleum scarcity to protect public health in coming decades. [Excerpts]
