Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
When casualties overwhelm battlefield doctors, they are often forced to sort the wounded into three groups: those who will survive without treatment, those who will likely die even with treatment, and those who will probably live but only with treatment. In the post-peak oil age we will likely be faced with a similar situation in deciding which activities a lower-energy society can support.
Ivins: developments in journalism’s Internet frontier / Interview with John Talberth (“Redefining Progress”) / Earn well, live cheap (telecommuting) /
Wal-Mart eyes organic foods
Jeff Vail: valuing elegance /
Resurgence issue on sustainability /
CSIRO sustainability newsletter #58 /
Fossil-free landscaping / Cassandra without portfolio: Maine’s Edward Myers
“Ripe for Change” about Calif. agriculture – on PBS May 4 / Fuel, fertilizer prices expected to keep climbing /
Michael Pollan’s new book on the U.S. food chain provides much to chew on / New “100-Mile Diet” website
When I speak before college audiences about peak oil, I often ask if there are any engineers present. I suggest that they concentrate on jobs that will produce rather than consume energy, particularly energy that is renewable and doesn’t create greenhouse gas emissions.
Shanghai – racing to the future, but preserving its culinary heritage /
What is the value of a tree? /
Evangelical Virginia farmer says a revolution against industrial agriculture is coming (Salatin) /
New “100-Mile Diet” website /
Jane Jacobs, urban activist, is dead at 89 /
New Urbanism’s ten solutions
“The gradual move away from oil has begun. Over the next 15 to 20 years we may see biofuels providing a full 25 percent of the world’s energy needs.”
McKibben talk on PO, global warming, strategies /
Small is still beautiful /
A greener way to cut the grass runs afoul of a powerful lobby /
Extending the garden (developing world) /
Green.tv in the pink after promising launch
The NYC Peak Oil Meetup forged ahead with its campaign to educate the public in basic farming skills, undeterred by the fact that the meeting was held in the belly of that most unnatural beast, Midtown Manhattan.
Edible forests /
Environmentalism can help economy /
On Earth Day (beyond small solutions) /
Deep-fried America (hope on global warming)
Global warming threatening Bangladesh’s coast /
Nova on “Dimming the Sun” /
Dust storms and pollution force Beijing to go greener /
Soil scientist: The ground we walk on – it’s part of global warming /
Science magazine: Stand by for a warmer, but not scorching, world
More uranium: when and from where? /
Going nuclear: a green makes the case /
Anything into oil (turkey guts, junked car parts, even raw sewage…true!) /
Growing demand for non-food crops /
UK coal producer pushes for price increases of 40% /
Russia to control Armenia’s gas /
Transmaterial, transtudio and seeing the big picture – links
