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.
Act: Inspiration
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
Chinese now visiting peak oil sites?
I suspect that our site (peakoil.com), along with some others have been taken off the filtered site list in China’s firewall. This probably represents a change in policy for China. We welcome our Chinese visitors of course & hope to bring them into the conversation.
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 11
Relocalize Network Newsletter for November /
One billion trees – their ecological services /
A trip to the Agroforestry Research Trust’s forest garden
Peak oil – Nov 11
The interesting demographics of peakoil.com /
Peak oil activism that denies petrcocollapse
Wasting away
Allow me to introduce you to the greenest people I have ever known. They are paragons. If the world had only followed their example we might not now be facing the threat of either drowning in the floodwaters created by global warming or watching fertile land turn into desert.
(Excerpt)
Peak oil – Nov 9
ASPO-USA conference presentations online /
Our natural gas treadmill (ASPO talk) /
EB interviewed about recent energy stories /
Sad news from Michael Ruppert and FTW /
Ruppert: Evolution – a matter of community
Politics: Rebuilding Civil Society
The transformation of American democracy into an elective oligarchy funded by the profits of empire was one consequence of the petroleum-fueled prosperity of the 20th century. As cheap oil and American empire meet a common end, the renewal of civil society offers one option to begin rebuilding a viable society in the twilight of the industrial age.
Peak oil – Nov 7
Peak Oil is a women’s issue /
Club of Rome (Canada) on the twin crises /
Blackwater mention LATOC /
UK oil production lowest for 28 years /
Dan Bednarz on peak oil and public health
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 7
Heart and soul of the city (eco-restoration in Seoul) /
Douthwaite interview (local currencies) /
The new rage on the road is ecological
Solar Anniversary
These cycles of conservation efforts and new consumer trends prompt the nagging thought that my efforts are, but the futile offerings of an environmentalist do-gooder. It was with these thoughts that I sat down for the 17th annual Bioneers conference and took out my notebook.
Peak oil / permaculture movements – Nov 6
Reports from recent ASPO-USA conference /
New hippies are fighting to replace oil /
Cooling the planet at the gas roots / Environmentalist Suzuki to quit spotlight for simple life /
Powerdown and permaculture – at the cusp of transition /
FTW report on Boston world oil conference /
Robert Hirsch scares me out of my wits
