Meat vs Veg: An Energy Perspective
In this essay I’ll present data on the energy intensity of animal- and plant-derived foods and hopefully contribute to a constructive dialog about what we ought to eat and how we ought to be producing it.
Act: Inspiration
Essential Knowledge for Transition: Money and Banking System
The second in a 3-part series of teleseminars on economic transformation. Only a fundamental shift in the design of the monetary and banking systems will allow for a viable way of addressing increasing inequality, the mounting problem of public and private debt and make possible a shift towards a sustainable steady-state economy that works for everybody and is compatible with environmental stewardship.
George Marshall on communicating climate change following extreme weather events
How should Transition initiatives in communities hit by extreme weather talk about climate change with their neighbours?
Sharing the school meal potluck
The combination of school meals, school gardens and expanded food-related curriculum addresses a wide range of challenges…
The global Transition tipping point has arrived – vive la révolution
Last Friday, I posted an exclusive report about a new NASA-backed scientific research project at the US National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (Sesync) to model the risks of civilisational collapse, based on analysis of the key factors involved in the rise and fall of past civilisations.
The power of a regional food commons
By owning many elements of a local food system infrastructure – farms, distribution, retail and more – but operating them as a trust governed by stakeholders, the Food Commons believes it can be economically practical to build a new type of food system that is labor-friendly, ecologically responsible, hospitable to a variety of small enterprises, and able to grow high-quality food for local consumption.
The true cost of asparagus
The first tender spears of asparagus are always a welcome sight at the farmers market, a sign that spring is on its way. But some of that seasonal excitement is fading, now that bunches can be found on grocery store shelves throughout the winter.
‘Democratic Wealth’: clearing a path to the future
There has been no fundamental reshaping, anywhere, of the market machine, however loud its critics have become.
Guy Watson on how Riverford Farm is living with climate change
Perhaps those for whom the notion of ‘living with climate change’ is most acutely felt are farmers.
Biocultural Heritage: The Foundation of a Sustainable Economy
All the foods at Porta Palazzo share something in common. You can trace each type of food to a particular ecosystem and a particular way of life for the people who inhabit (or once inhabited) that ecosystem.
Think Like A Commoner
A community’s identity is inevitably entangled in its geography and its buildings, its history and its leaders.
How grassroots organizing came to the rescue in West Virginia’s water crisis
While government and industry have been slow to respond to the needs of the people, some remarkable community organizing has taken place, drawing on West Virginia’s long, proud history of grassroots work for environmental and economic justice — including powerful work against the abuses of the chemical and coal industries responsible for the spill.
