Peak oil – March 17
The Oil Drum: World oil production peaked in 2008
Belgian parliament group treks to Uppsala for peak oil briefing
Global Oil Briefing No.2 (PO newsletter in German and English)
San Francisco: Preparing city for life after oil
Act: Inspiration
Common myths of the population debate
In any debate there are particular key arguments that are used to undermine the opponent. A debate as heated as that over the importance, or not, of population growth is sure to feature these. It should be clear to readers of my essay published last week that I regard population growth as the core issue in any discussion on sustainability. Many of the arguments used by those who wish to dismiss or lessen the importance of population growth are false, misleading or simply mental tricks allowing their advocates the comfort of self-deception.
My Foreword to ‘The Transition Timeline’
Shaun Chamberlin’s masterwork, ‘The Transition Timeline’, is now complete and available for order. As someone who has been intimately involved in its conception and its production, I don’t think that a review from me would be of much use. It is of course brilliant, I love it.
We must make a lot of mistakes quickly
It should come as no surprise then that efforts to create a sustainable society will require a lot of trial and error. This is true in part because we are still only starting to understand what practices in areas such as building, farming, transportation and energy production might be sustainable in the long run.
Food & agriculture – March 14
World hunger, the crisis inside the economic crisis
Lappé: The city that ended hunger (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
Food for free: how to make nettle soup from foraging
How might we be fed?
Classic Book Review: “How to Grow More Vegetables…”
New way to farm boosts climate, too
Hard times – March 13
24 million go from ‘thriving’ to ‘struggling’
Tents on wheels give homeless people roof and pride
Postcards from the recessions: California’s Inland Empire
As Jobs Vanish, Motel Rooms Become Home
ODAC Newsletter – 13 Mar
A weekly review from a UK perspective.
Eating Locally – March Soup
Our preferred food source is our own land. We know what goes into, and what comes out of, our little garden plot, and we know how it is handled, processed and stored. We now how to locate and identify wild edible plants – greens, mushrooms, nuts, berries and other fruit.
Solutions & sustainability – March 10
Creating a Home Graywater System
Community as Technology
Foodzoning the Foodshed
Complications
A relocalized world would probably mean a more complicated existence. Instead of having others simply take care of these things for us, we would have to become much more actively involved.
Coping – March 8
How $30,000 can be more than $300,000
Hanging On, or how to get through a depression and enjoy life
For many homeless students, schools substitute for homes
The upside of moving back into your parents’ basement
The peak oil economic depression has arrived
Both increasing unemployment and declining stock values indicate that we are entering an economic depression similar to the Great Depression. Although it is difficult to determine how much of this economic depression is caused by Peak Oil impacts and how much stems from mismanagement of the economy as well as from business and government corruption, Peak Oil plays a major role.
