Water – Nov 26
One-third of China’s Yellow river ‘unfit for drinking or agriculture’
Water in the Middle East: Plugging the supply gap
Experts call for end of flushing toilets on World Toilet Day
Society
Housing & urban design – Nov 25
Lower speed limit to tackle obesity crisis, say experts
Planners to consider S.F. congestion charge
Bike accidents open door to paths
Council obstructs family’s ethical land project
Media & persuasion – Nov 24
China winning cyber war, Congress warned
Who killed the blogosphere?
US Journalism: What Must Be Done Now
‘To be a journalist in Russia is suicide’
Transport – Nov 23
California officials unveil plans to turn San Francisco into electric car capital
Blueprint of railways development in China
A better way forward for bicyclists (making motorists liable)
Kunstler: Water transit
We’ve reached peak Tom Friedman
Friedman operates much like the fifties cartoon character Tom Terrific, who possesses a magical thinking cap that transports him out of any jam in which he finds himself.
Responding to Greer’s thoughts on ‘Premature triumphalism’
With Transition, many people encounter the model, the tools, the Network, and enter what we might call ‘Super Exuberance Mode’, where they feel they have found the One Thing That Will Save Us. Over time, this then calms down, and they become more realistic and grounded, but although that early stage is a powerful experience for many, it also has its inherent dangers.
Top 7 Reasons to Buy Used Goods
If you need to buy a consumer good, remember that buying USED is the most environmental choice you can make in almost all cases. If you’re preparing for peak oil, you might want to practice buying used goods- they might be all that’s available in a post-peak economy.
Stuff
For someone who is hostile to consumption, I have, well, a lot of stuff.
Transport & urban design – Nov 15
A resilient suburbia? 2: cost of commuting
European support for bicycles promotes sharing of the wheels
Congestion pricing: Can tolling be fair?
Infrastructure planning ignores peak oil: ASPO-Australia
Independent-minded – Nov 15
The woman with a tiny carbon footprint
What indy media heroes can teach us
Prince Charles – Unelected, yes – but a true green hero
Facing peak oil in Motown
This year’s fifth Peak Oil and Community Solutions Conference took place at the beginning of November in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. Keynote speaker John Michael Greer reflects on the conference and its implications for the changing peak oil movement.
Reducing consumption key to a sustainable future
The forecasts of global ecological and economic collapse by mid-century contained in the controversial 1972 book The Limits to Growth, are still ‘on-track’ according to new CSIRO research.
