Deep thought – Sept 28
Vaclav Havel: Our moral footprint
Sharon Astyk: The water fountain
Global food shock real, says former Australian political leader
The Internet: our last hope for a free press
Act: Inspiration
Solutions & sustainability – Sept 25
Planning for hard times: The Community Solution
The end is nigh. Be positive
Paul Hawken, Bill McKibben on blessed unrest and deep economics
Permaculture for the post carbon transition
The peak oil crisis: Virginia’s energy plan
From the peak oil perspective, the major flaw in Virginia’s new energy plan is the timing which speaks of goals in decades when the real problems may be months away.
Solutions & sustainability – Sept 20
“What a Way to Go” – Meet the filmmakers
Kunstler novel coming next year
Peak oil, Transition Towns and resilience building.
Unexpected details – Sept 20
When eco-keener meets enviro-slacker (relationships)
How green issues are changing our language
Making garbage visible in all its stinky glory
High gas prices could make you skinnier
Housing & urban design – Sept 20
Post Carbon Cities- planning for energy and climate uncertainty
New York City turning to biodiesel for heat
Green roofs sprouting new adherents
California regulators propose developing energy self-sufficiency by 2020
Zoning the ‘enemy’ of affordable homes
Radical new approach to affordable housing
Parking drives up housing costs
“The 11th Hour” and Generation Z
Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary The 11th Hour is a valuable film and everyone who can get to a theater should go and see it. A more personal treatment of the same ground can be found in What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire.
Forgive us our carbon emissions – Sept 17
The ‘Guilty Green’ (gasp!) don’t always recycle
Want not, waste not is the next green step
Vatican penance
Nobel prizewinner Yunus calls for lifestyle ‘traffic rule’ to fight warming
Is peak oil a guy thing?
As the crisis deepens, those focused on spreading the word (whether in a “confrontational” manner or not) and those focused on inclusiveness and the implementation of responses will find that they need each other as much as the world needs to hear and see what both groups have to offer.
Mass-produce the change – Sept 16
Amy Goodman at the “Global Triple Crisis” teach-in (Korten & Shiva)
10 things we can do: Rebuilding civil society
The power of voluntary actions
Can this really save the planet?
Don’t just be the change, mass-produce it
Faith – Sept 16
Give the earth a Sabbath day
In Greenland, an interfaith rally for climate change
Environmental awareness taking root in conservative Christian churches
Exploring options, spotlight on “Earthwise”
Interview with Lisa McCrory and Carl Russell in rural Vermont who teach a variety of skills for sustainable living, including the use of draft animals in raising organic crops.
