Transport – Dec 13
Open a new highway – on the sea
Putting the brakes on drive-thrus
Sell your car, stay sane (car-sharing)
How big is your bicycle?
Society
The Story Of Stuff: free video unmasks consumer culture
A new short film released today online takes viewers on a provocative tour of our consumer-driven culture — from resource extraction to iPod incineration — exposing the real costs of this use-it and lose-it approach to stuff.
Russia: note to presidential candidates
U.S. policy on Russia currently amounts to this: “You hurt my feelings.” It would be better to focus on issues, and the main one is energy, the foundation of Russian — and Putin’s — power.
Solvitur Ambulando
Proposals for dealing with the onset of peak oil often focus on large-scale, ideologically defined solutions. A more modest piecemeal approach may offer more options in the unpredictable future ahead of us.
Health – Dec 4
Hesperian’s online library of healthcare books
Working and health: Allocating time
Competition: How green is your healthcare organisation?
Dysfunction – Dec 3
Naomi Klein: Forget the green technology – the hot money is in guns
Eat, drink and be miserable: the true cost of our addiction to shopping
Clogged by plastic bags, Africa begins banning them
Housing & urban design – Dec 2
Kunstler interview; the geography of nowhere
People-Centered developments for reduced-energy living
Building equity into green homes
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
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?
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.
Transport – Nov 29
Are you driving yourself crazy?
A local approach to easing gridlock
An alternative to cars? Official laughs out loud
