Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
‘Zero Carbon Britain’ report from Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT)
The Lifeboat Radio Show
“The Power of Community” article en español
Peak Moment videos: Human-scale tools / Boulder County going local
New York City Launches GreeNYC Educational Campaign
Bill McKibben says of Energize America: “… an energy plan that I find far more comprehensive and thoughtful than anything the think tanks have produced.”
“If ethical consumption campaigns are to succeed they need to transform the infrastructures of every day consumption rather than focusing on changing individual consumer behaviour”.
One of the most common assumptions about the world after peak oil is that cities will become deathtraps and only isolated rural communities have a chance at survival. Does this rarely questioned belief require a hard second look?
A review of the new Peak Oil documentary and an interview with its director.
Eco-couple go prime time: they spread the word on “Wife Swap”
Blame the media for climate woes: analysis
Facebook and “object-centered sociality”
Meeting best friends for the first time
High rollers trying to cut consumption
My name is Randy… and I support Al Franken
What about the Third World?
Rock music for when the grid goes down: Celtic battle music
BBC: Towns prepare for ‘peak oil’ point
Review: Escape from Suburbia
In pursuit of sustainable communities
YearlyKos: Blogs vs. MSM!
Behold the 15-minute publisher (getting around commercial book publishers)
Harvard Business Review: Six rules for effective forecasting
The island of Naura- poster child for resource depletion
Focus on carbon ‘missing the point’
The terrifying prospect of a post-oil future: no more ready meals, traffic jams or lonely nights in front of TV
JM Greer’s fiction about the deindustrialzed future
This October several hundred activists, educators, and community leaders pioneering a low-energy way of life will gather in Yellow Springs, Ohio, at a three-day conference
David Holmgren on peak oil, energy descent and permaculture (video)
Online permaculture talks: “The Era of Post Carbon Transition”
