Housing & urban design – Dec 2
Kunstler interview; the geography of nowhere
People-Centered developments for reduced-energy living
Building equity into green homes
Society
Solutions & sustainability – Dec 2
Japan for Sustainability
Jan Lundberg on climate change and petrocollapse
Dutch horticulture, traffic, key to green future
Interview with author of The World Without Us
This stove cooks — but burns
Coming out of the eco-closet
Being Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender in this culture isn’t easy. Yet many of you are finding your way in that. And as you take a stand, are you not finding empowerment and perhaps even excitement at times? I invite you to do the same regarding the state of the world.
Middle class angst: The politics of lemmings
The deepest fear in suburbia, never spoken aloud, is that when this epoch unravels, Suburbia’s citizens quite simply will not know how to survive… The real choice that Suburbia will face is one between fascism or self-sufficiency, which is a choice – as well – between spiritual death or spiritual renewal.
Managing waste: there's no such thing as away
Managing waste should be a major concern for all of us – I decided to find out more about how it’s done here in Bundaberg. Why not do some research and find out waste management differs in your area?
Transport – Nov 29
Are you driving yourself crazy?
A local approach to easing gridlock
An alternative to cars? Official laughs out loud
Water – Nov 28
From sewage, water for drinking
The (benign) water cops are here
Planetary check-up starts with oceans
Tom Engelhardt: We face worldwide drought with no contingency plan
Housing and urban – Nov 27
Bold new “eco-city” in China?
Rumbling across India to a new life in the city
In miles of alleys, Chicago finds its environmental frontier
Can LEED survive the carbon-neutral era?
Leaps of faith drive ever-expanding ‘burbs
Peak oil activists gather, plan for hard times, will lead the way
Former professor and author David Korten told close to 300 applauding peak oil activists that they are not a fringe minority but the leading edge of a super-majority “and it’s time we start acting like it.” Korten issued his rallying call in October at the “Fourth U.S. Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions” in Yellow Springs Ohio last October.
Environment- Nov 21
The ‘stuff’ we buy hurts the birds we love
A future for fishing
Earth’s eighth continent – trash
Water – Nov 21
Big growth, big fight over water in Washington
City to dredge Atlanta’s Lake Lanier – needs water
Our cities, our future – Nov 21
Kunstler: Formerly normal
Walking towns: universities, military bases & pre-auto
European-style bike-sharing programs head to US
Middle class angst: the politics of lemmings
