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Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Your brain lies to you
AP took it to the wire but needs to rethink its role (Associated Press vs bloggers)
Here Comes Everybody – falling in love with the Internet all over again
Chinese bloggers scale the ‘Great Firewall’ in riot’s aftermath
‘Free sharing’ sites expand on Internet
Our ‘insanely cheap’ chest refrigerator
Stone ground goodness (learning to be a miller)
Taking care of yourself and medical survival
Transition town gets moving in Bay of Islands, NZ
New book from John Michael Greer: The Long Descent
A Crash course in burning bridges (Zachary Nowak interview)
Alex Steffen: Resilient community
The end Of civilization
Canada: Today’s suburbs, tomorrow’s slums?
Rob Hopkins Film Review: Garbage Warrior
Elephant in the Drop-Off Zone
Will Obama inspire a new generation of organizers?
Real change happens off-line
Grassroots lobbying: use ideas, not one-click campaigns
Printable flyers for use in community organizing
China Watch: Plastic bag ban trumps market and consumer efforts
Australia: Gimme shelter from affluenza
Sex and the City and handbag insanity
What might happen when you take a society that is used to ‘Yes’ and tell it ‘No’ ?
U.S. ecosystem report indicates trouble
The intersections of energy and water
US mayors agree to phase out bottled water
‘Peak oil’ theory gains local converts in Grand Rapids
Update on Michigan peak oil conference
‘The Archers’ and self-sufficient community
Transition towns taking control of their future
Moving beyond oil in Lawrence, Kansas
What’s a silver-streaked lady ecology writer to do? Be nice, be friendly, avoid the troubling topics, read the classics, don’t feel morally obliged to infect others with a perfectly warranted alarm and pessimism. Who am I to tell 10,000 ostensibly complacent neighbors that the ship is going down … especially at the height of summer, when the days are so fine and fair?
Fuel prices shift math for life in far suburbs
Four years of gains in home prices wiped out
Burtynsky’s Manufactured Landscapes is as good as they say
Living life in a travel trailer
The idea that you can suddenly change the course of history by pushing a big green button is itself a very pointed dig at our lack of grasp of the challenges we face and what sustainability will really entail.
