Solutions & sustainability – Nov 1
WorldChanging owners’ manual for planet Earth /
David Korten and the End of “Business As Usual” /
BBC: The fall and rise of the bicycle
Act: Inspiration
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 31
NY Times on Bioneers /
Live from Pop!Tech: Live green or die /
Slow Food movement has global outreach /
Coming to a theater near you: carbon-neutral movie /
New book “Energy: use less, save more” /
Greening the planet, one backyard at a time
Available Now From Transition Culture – Energy Descent Pathways
Rob Hopkin’s dissertation is, according to Richard Heinberg, “an extremely valuable resource for community leaders and other policy makers, all of whom must make the energy transition their first priority in the years ahead.”
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 27
Environmentalist Suzuki to quit spotlight for simple life /
Coping with climate dread /
Solving Iraq problems with permaculture? /
Sail Transport Network /
CSIRO Sustainability Network Newsletter
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 25
How to wean a town off fossil fuels (about Kinsale & Rob Hopkins) /
1st issue of Relocalization Network Newsletter /
Never mind altruism: ‘Saving the earth’ can mean big bucks
Bioneers: the corporate media, storytelling and more
Over 3000 people attended the 17th Annual Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, California, Oct. 20-23. The gathering was beamed by satellite to another 10,000 at 18 remote sites from Honolulu to Anchorage to Houston to Massachusetts. According to founder Kenny Ausubel, Bioneers seeks “to bring biological pioneers together to restore the Earth.”
New hippies are fighting to replace oil
The generation of activists who fought for civil rights, against an unpopular war, and started the environmental movement is poised for one last hurrah, one more attempt to cure the ills of American society. They’re older now, and perhaps a little wiser. They’re settled into their communities, some of them already retired. And they’re scared as hell about the lives facing their children and grandchildren once the oil runs out.
Catastrophe? – Oct 22
Bill McKibben: How close to catastrophe? /
American Scientist: Rethinking the fall of Easter Island
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 21
Seed balls /
UK: win a place on the Life After Oil course /
Becoming native /
David Korten on the Great Turning: from empire to earth community /
Green chimney could save the planet
The Post Carbon Church
Everything will relocalize as our easy-motoring way of life persistently constricts after Peak Oil, including how we do church. What will the Post-Carbon Church look like?
Oakland aims to be oil independent by 2020
The city council of Oakland, California yesterday unanimously passed legislation, inspired by Sweden, making Oakland the first city in the U.S. to aim for oil independence by 2020.
Transport – Oct 17
Columbia, transportation and the politics of happiness
Bus rapid transit (BRT)
The O-Bahn busway
Americans commute earlier and longer
