Housing & urban design – May 3
Guardian: Suburbs could be on the way out
Melbourne: A city on the edge
Cities of the future, today
Society
Water – May 2
Peak water
Desalination using solar thermal power
The natural right to water (privatization)
Psychological – May 2
Green is the new neurotic
Eco-anxiety: a call to action
Astyk: Kindergarten ethics and disasters
We can survive but can we communicate?
Recycling – May 1
Urban miners look for precious metals in cell phones
In Cairo slum, the poor spark environmental change
Book-swapping for the eco-aware reader
The waking up syndrome
The threat of what we face is huge and relentless. All who awaken to the enormity of the challenges before us still slip and slide somewhere along this continuum at times. One day we may feel encouraged with our forward action, the next we may be back to despairing.
The peak oil crisis: the half-life for air travel
The day of the ubiquitous kerosene-powered jet transport which revolutionized travel for many of us in the second half of the 20th century is likely to be shorter than most realize.
Deep thought – Apr 28
Can we give up cars, as the Japanese once gave up guns?
Daniel Quinn interview
Urban design – Apr 27
Greening of America: ambitious tree-planting programs are sprouting up
Mass-produced sustainable living in China?
Kunstler:
Picturing suburbia
Book review – World Made by Hand
Kunstler’s novel brings to life a community and world that Kunstler himself has created – informed by his many years of study of our society, its built environment, and the Peak Oil threat. He has tempered his usual neo-Gonzo writing style and created interesting characters with depth and complexity.
Deep thought – Apr 25
Sharon Astyk: Ok, breathe
The politics of food is politics
Peak civilization and the winter of our disconnect
Everything you think you know about modern society is wrong (and why it matters for PO)
Geopolitics – Apr 25
Fuel shortage forces UN to halt food handouts in Gaza
Interview with Bolivian President Evo Morales
Morales’ 10 commandments to save the planet, life and humanity
Transport – Apr 25
Is humanity’s restlessness a threat to the planet?
With first car, a new life in China
