Two wheels good!
Bicycle recyclers empower riders
Financial bailout gives tax break to bicycle commuters
How powerful is your workout?
Scooter-ful?
Society
When kayaks are outlawed, only outlaws will have kayaks
A biologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers faces a 30-day suspension for kayaking a Los Angeles River. The off-duty challenge to a ruling that the river was not navigable “undermined authority.”
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 7
I challenge you to buy sustainably
The carbon footprint of divorce
Finding opportunity in peak oil
A green path out of the red
Roberto Perez’s visit to Totnes
The geeks were right
“Reinventing Collapse” by Dmitry Orlov (book review)
Well, first of all, it’s funny. Really. I don’t mean it’s filled with jokes, but Dmitry Orlov has a very humorous and biting style. This humorous approach serves two important purposes: 1) It makes the book enjoyable to read. 2) It helps the reader develop a certain healthy detachment from the subject matter.
Housing & urban design – Oct 5
Crossing paths in “The Walkable City”
To save energy, cities darken street lights
Future solutions in 1930s house
San Francisco speaks
New York speaks
Solutions, solutions, solutions: Motivating college students, and the future of ASPO-USA
“Young people are turned off by the doom and gloom that comes with haggling over the peak date and imagining how difficult and different life will be on the other side of Hubbert’s curve. We believe you when you say it’s going to peak, and those who don’t will when it’s properly explained. We don’t need to be converted, we need to be motivated.”
Deep Thought – Sept 29
The new sage of Wall Street: author of The Black Swan
Reinventing Reality (or Collapse Sandwich) – Orlov and Pinchbeck (podcast)
Portland Freedom Tribe 2010: from Palin to Paradise
Peak oil preparation: educating family, loved ones, and friends
Educating family, loved ones, and friends about Peak Oil and its impacts is a formidable challenge. Families that have a common understanding of Peak Oil problems can provide mutual support and group problem-solving, and they are more likely enjoy life and survive the Peak Oil catastrophe.
Persuasion – Sept 22
NY State Senator Klein to meet with No Impact Man about making NYC streets livable
A Speech for the Next President
Self-doubts paralyze activists
Housing & urban design – Sept 20
Ecocities emerging
For good neighbours, live in a quiet, car-free street
Rejoice! It’s time to reclaim the car park
Transport – Sept 19
Greening the dream that drives America
Why the gasoline engine isn’t going away any time soon
All-electric vehicles no magic bullet: scientist
Creativity helps Rochester’s transit system turn a profit
How to reduce global fuel consumption by 75 percent
The car is dying; it’s the age of the bike
HopeDance special on localization
A community newspaper/website for California’s Central Coast devotes its Sept-Oct issue to localization, with articles by Rob Hopkins, Julian Darley and local authors.
