Transport – Dec 1
John Urry on Social Networks
Transport planners asleep at the wheel
Traffic jams, and the rain in Spain
Please fasten your seatbelt and cross your legs…
Act: Inspiration
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 30
Travis Bradford: the revolution will be solarized
Not-so-glamorous conservation works best
Third-World laptop for $150
Stan
Goff eschews Marxism, looks to local communities
What we can do about passing the energy tipping point
Building a Resilient and Equitable Bay Area
In the face of manufacturing job losses, the looming peak oil crisis, and greater economic insecurity we believe there is over-whelming public support for all nine Bay Area counties and their cities to work together with business and community leaders to devise and implement an economic localization strategy through public governance and business sector initiatives.
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 28
Husbanding resources
Earthshakers: the top 100 green campaigners of all time
Pastor chosen to lead Christian Coalition steps down in dispute over agenda
Transition Culture Interview with Richard Heinberg – Part Two… Powerdown and Transition Towns
Richard Heinberg on towns and cities preparing for peak oil, taking the message outside of ‘green’ circles, permaculture, and the oil depletion protocol.
Oregon vs global warming
Portland Oregonian: What you can do about a warming world
Eugene poised to join carbon war
Oregon Secty of State talks on global warming
Head for the hills – the new survivalists
So what do you do when you’re pretty sure that the end of the world as we know it is coming soon, but your girlfriend doesn’t believe you?
Christmas Eve 2050: Q&A
More about the post-peak scenario presented in “Christmas Eve 2050,” the first of three snapshots of life in a deindustrial future.
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 20
Crisis and Risk: Categories and Mental Maps
Coming soon: a green Bill Gates
Composting toilets of the South Pacific
Money Is Material
David Suzuki interview
Environment – Nov 20
Taking On Goliath (gas industry) in the West
China’s Yellow River in crisis
China’s environment dangerously degraded: official
Japan shrinks
Peak oil and U.S. cities
Progress report on the dozen or so U.S. cities that have passed peak oil resolutions or that are on track to do so.
Food & agriculture – Nov 17
Eric Schlosser on America’s food industry and his new film
NYT: Why roots matter more (local food)
Research needed to balance food, energy needs
Australia importing grain – so they can export it
