Housing & urban development – Nov 2
Isle of Wight: eco trailblazer
Green roofs start to sprout on urban homes
U.S. mayors meet in Seattle to push for a green revolution
Washington’s largest prison gets green certification
Act: Inspiration
Renewables – Nov 2
Bill McKibben: What rhymes with waste-heat recovery?
Kenyan slum saves trees, cleans streets with big trash oven
How to build a local energy economy
Mammoth wind farm slated for S. Dakota
Viability of Antarctic windfarm
‘Wall of money’ set to flow into Asian renewable energy
Bicycles – Nov 2
Compact bike folds in 5-25 seconds
Portland is not so bike-friendly, but it could be – here’s how
Recycling with ‘Bill the Bike Man’
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 2
50 things that will save the planet (better than the usual list)
Astyk: Acts of non-consumption and the riot for austerity
Open access to research funded by U.S
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 30
Don’t rush it. Dig in
Enviro-conscious apartment living: creating urban wildlife corridors
Bioneers to the rescue
Deep thought – Oct 30
Monbiot on The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Fat Man, the Population Bomb and the Green Revolution
Peak oil and famine
Greening the city – Oct 30
Remaking the built environment by 2030
Cities see benefits of going green
Inventing a sustainable Iowa City
Report takes aim at smog-causing speed bumps
Philly CarShare a success after 5 years
Building post carbon cities
A new book on meeting challenges of peak oil and global warming shows city leaders how to create their own plans to reduce local vulnerability to rising prices and volatile energy markets.
Is Willits a post-peak oil paradise?
Willits has become a focal point for the peak oil movement because it is now on the leading edge of relocalization efforts. Some readers who are thinking about where they should live in the coming energy decline may be looking at Willits (and perhaps other places that are taking peak oil preparations seriously).
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 27
Guardian launches sustainability website
Bill Joy: Better green tech than Internet
City Repair- permaculture for urban spaces
Israeli cities cut energy use
Hopeful – Oct 26
Climate change, despair and empowerment
Oakland’s green jobs corps
“Carbon neutral” in business-schools
Media & persuasion – Oct 24
Science’s worst enemy: corporate funding
The social web ain’t rocket science
Calendar of environmental conferences and events
