Transport – Oct 18
Pilot points to airline policy of wasting fuel
Bicycling for transportation pumps money into local economies
After cyclist’s death, Portland aims for safety
The dangers of autobesity
UK road-pricing plans ‘to be shelved’
Society
American malaise – Oct 16
Kunstler: The casino syndrome
Why money doesn’t buy happiness
Why are Americans so fearful?
Cities – Oct 12
Book Review: How to Build a Village
Seattle’s recycling success
Portland gives bike rentals a spin
Climbing down the ladder
Most efforts to devise new social and economic arrangements for the aftermath of peak oil attempt to make the transition to sustainability in a single leap. In the future of slow decline we most likely face, a different strategy may be more useful.
Bicycles – Oct 9
Safe streets: Not pedaling can kill you
Evolution of a bicycle friendly community- Davis
Big cities try to ease way for bicyclists
Population, 3rd World health, happiness
Japan eyes robots to support aging population
Family planning, population and global warming
Debunking third-world myths
American men and women unhappiest at ages 49 and 45
Deep thought – Oct 8
Sharon Astyk: The Fertile Crescent and the closed circle
World moves into the ecological red
The prophet misarmed: Trotsky, ecology and sustainability
Review: Deep Economy by Bill McKibben
Willits and the problem of slow knowledge
After three years, Willits, while still a clear leader in peak oil preparedness, has not achieved nearly the progress envisioned by Bradford and other organizers. While their sense of urgency still remains, they have begun to realize that municipal governments move at what seems like a glacial pace and that public awareness is not the same as public understanding.
Urban design – Oct 8
Taking life easy in urban Italy
Get cool with Smart Growth
Kunstler: The grass roots syndrome
United States – Oct 8
Obama’s bold new energy proposal
Green collar revolution: Van Jones interview
America’s energy wars – a new front – Africa
Report questions Energy Star labels
U.S. fails to track critical minerals
Of doomers, realists, powerdowners and fantasists
A response to the recent article on Stuart Staniford’s holiness, with musings about the "doomer’s" soul, as well as remarks on hope as an idol.
Media & persuasion – Oct 5
New ‘positive change’ magazines thrive
Scott Adams (“Dilbert”): So you think you have an energy policy
Noam Chomsky on changes in the media
