Solutions & sustainability – May 8
Moving New York City toward sustainable energy independence
Rob Hopkins (Transition Totnes) interview
Bill Rees (“eco-footprint”) on pushing the planet to its limit
Act: Inspiration
Peak oil blindness
American society, as an autopoietic system, by its very energy-intense design, is inclined toward blindness of certain stimuli in its environment… It is well known that any large-scale organization as a system adjusts slowly to alterations in its environment. This suggests that there may be more promise in correcting our vision at the micro level.
Moving New York City toward sustainable energy independence
How creation of an Energy Shortage Plan will prepare New York City for energy price volatility and accelerate the long-term transition to energy sustainability. (50-page report)
The lighter side – May 7
World Naked Bike Ride coming in June
The (Fossil) Invaders
Fix growing energy crisis by growing waistlines
Peak opportunity
What has a chance of being far more effective [than an environmentalist approach] is to focus on what fundamentally will motivate all of us: personal well-being and survival.
Religion and peak oil: The twilight of fundamentalism
The failure of the modern faith in progress in an age of peak oil bids fair to leave the field open for radically different ideologies. Is Christian fundamentalism poised to fill the void?
My green creds are greener than yours!
So, here’s a little “mole” for anyone who condescends based on one’s hue of green. The contributions of all of us are needed to stabilize patient Earth’s life-support systems.
Religion and Peak Oil: The City of Progress
The roots of the contemporary crisis of industrial society have little to do with the technical issues that occupy so much of today’s Peak Oil discussions.
Power by the people – Apr 23
Cities to generate local renewable energy
Fossil free by ’33
Embrace efficiency, one watt at a time
Solutions & sustainability – Apr 23
Ashes to ashes isn’t such a hot idea
WSJ: Doing the math on carbon neutrality
More retailers go for green — the eco kind
How do you end up at Findhorn?
Is Portland preparing for Pittsburgh’s future?
Pittsburgh should follow Portland’s example and get ready for the end of the fossil-fuel era
Where are the lifeboat communities?
Since the limits to growth first came into sight in the Seventies, the creation of “lifeboat communities” to preserve civilization’s legacy through the approaching dark ages has been much discussed. Very little has been done, though, to transform that discussion into action. Crucial lessons can be learned from that failure to act.
