Deep thought and depression – Oct 14
Monbiot: Stock collapse is petty compared to the nature crunch
Tom Engelhardt: My depression – or ours?
Sharon Astyk thinking ahead: predicting the depression
Ruppert: What really happened today
Act: Inspiration
Dysfunction – Oct 13
The frugal teenager, ready or not
China lung disease ‘to kill 83m’
Nonprofits, charities brace for the worst
Food & agriculture – Oct 13
Michael Pollan: Farmer in Chief
Heavy metal-eating “superworms” unearthed in U.K.
Uniting around food to save an ailing town
Paradigm busting in a peak energy world
This message of an ever more negative economic outlook was not even acceptable for discussion among my entrepreneurial peers who were kept inspired by an endless parade of motivational speakers. As I related the positive-to-the-point-of-delusion attitude of my business colleagues, to my peak oil companions, Kurt, who was himself from a business family, assured me that entrepreneurs must be overly positive because going into business for oneself is one of the craziest things you can do.
Economics – Oct 12
Resurgence of risk – a primer on the develop(ed) credit crunch
Locabucks: Are local currencies a way to escape the liquidity trap?
Chris Cook: A new dawn for Iran (the ‘carbon dollar’ based on energy )
Reality Report episodes on economics
Two wheels good!
Bicycle recyclers empower riders
Financial bailout gives tax break to bicycle commuters
How powerful is your workout?
Scooter-ful?
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 10
Bright Neighbor
The Gathering Inn: bed, breakfast and beyond (part 2)
Pint-Size Eco-Police, Making Parents Proud and Sometimes Crazy
Peak oil focus of Michigan conference in November
Over 30 speakers including Richard Heinberg, Ellen Hodgson Brown, Albert Bates, Stephanie Mills, Kurt Cobb, Richard Gilbert, John Richter, Tim Hudson, Bill Wilson, Tony Earley, Jerry Norcia, Paul Murray and Aaron Wissner explore the challenges and possibilities for Michigan’s future at a three day solution oriented conference in November.
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 8
The futureproofers
Rural communities best equipped to cope with climate change: UN report
World Resources 2008: Roots of Resilience – Growing the Wealth of the Poor
Natural healing
When faith in the dollar runs out
All I can think about is how utterly unprepared most people are here in the U.S. to cope with the coming challenges swirling around the Venn-diagram intersection of global economic collapse, peak oil, and global climate change. For any problem, I find it’s always helpful (for me at least) to formulate a “to do list.”
Peak textiles – Oct 7
Make Your Own Homemade Natural Dyes
Woody Harrelson’s view of hemp farming: strong fibres, and cuts pesticides
From Recycled Scraps To Museum-Quality Quilts
“Reinventing Collapse” by Dmitry Orlov (book review)
Well, first of all, it’s funny. Really. I don’t mean it’s filled with jokes, but Dmitry Orlov has a very humorous and biting style. This humorous approach serves two important purposes: 1) It makes the book enjoyable to read. 2) It helps the reader develop a certain healthy detachment from the subject matter.
