Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
The hippies were right all along about happiness /
The end of suburbia – or the beginning of widespread permaculture? /
McKibben on eating local for the winter /
Saving small farmers /
Miguel Altieri on industrial agriculture and agroecology /
Magazine “reap/sow” for young food activists /
Bat or badger? It’s the roadkill recipe book
Palm Oil — TOD Southeast Asia Report
Business Week: Food vs. Fuel
Biofuels could damage environment, stymie development, says report
Fueling a New Farm Economy
Scotland and North Sea: Pouring oil on troubled borders /
NG costs draining farms /
How the US fell out of love with its cars /
Is a run on the (resource) bank behind rising inequality? /
Italy shivers as Europe’s cold spell hurts gas supply /
Saudis, Chinese agree to landmark energy accord /
Ford: Explorer era nearing a close /
Pricey oil is deflationary, not inflationary threat
Talk turns to change in Ashland, Oregon /
Lives recycled in Argentina /
Two studies: Urban sprawl adds pounds, pollution /
Agricultural sustainability = agricultural productivity /
Pay as you pollute /
Web 2.0 and the new corporate watchdogging
Grasshoppers and Non-Violent Communication (NVC) are the top two responses to Peak Oil I recommend,” responded Ano. “Oxen would be my first choice,” piped up Mango Jon—a thin and vital 73 years old.
UK MEP demands EU statement on ‘peak oil’ /
Independent: bracing the world for the day when the oil runs out /
BBC on energy depletion, alternative fuels & food security /
Canada’s former Governor General on peak oil /
Kunstler’s backroad trip
Whistler 2020 (fully-sustainable, low-footprint) /
Bike industry, advocates unite, and Congress starts to notice /
How to live off the land (local produce) /
Gardener on the Roof /
Modes de transport (human-powered) /
Folke Günthe talks about re-ruralisation /
Red Pepper: the clean green route to power
Perhaps the world’s first local action plan intentionally designing a way down the oil peak is now available online. It should provide great inspiration for other local Peak Oil initiatives. [updated]
Enviros need to get social, says sociologist Ganz /
Tory hopeful and environmentalist Zac Goldsmith /
Meat wall (ick!) /
With the grain on the Hundred Mile Diet /
Dreaming big to keep America rolling /
Green cities movement – is Eugene on the bus?
What your Mama never told you about NAFTA: A look at Canada’s oil /
Russia pressing for world energy market transparency /
Chile’s Bachelet says Greens back her energy plan /
Labour to ease pollution rules in UK if gas runs short /
Crude designs: the rip-off of Iraq’s oil wealth /
High fuel costs projected to slash farm incomes /
Finding new ways to fuel the farm /
Oil-rich Venezuela covets nuclear power
Taking back our food system /
That’s not trash, it’s dinner, “freegans” say /
No-flush urinals just waiting for plumbers /
The need for a more powerful/energy efficient Internet
The greening of China /
A muckraker conservationist looks back /
Should we switch to horses? /
Hopedance special issue on local food production /
After the crash: A blueprint for a community-based economy
