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
Society
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
Cities – Oct 5
Gas tax in SF Bay Area?
Global warming requires local solutions
Congestion relief = climate relief?
Geopolitics – Oct 5
Geopolitical feedback loops in peak oil
The E.P.R. targets Mexico’s energy industry
Japan finds it hard to tap Africa for oil, gas
China and the competition for energy resources
Russian oil industry: Foreign, domestic interests
Oil prices – Kenya & Africa due for crude awakening
The holiness of Stuart Staniford
Ruminations about Stuart Staniford’s work at The Oil Drum from a Christian perspective, why he exhibits some religious virtues and why the doomer perspective does not.
Transport – Oct 3
S.F. catching up with European bike-share programs
Todd Litman: saving gas, lives & the environment
The moral dangers of adventure tourism
Happiness – Oct 3
Is great happiness too much of a good thing?
Against happiness
On average, religious people are much happier than nonreligious ones
Traditional dance as way to fight addictions
Marital spats, taken to heart
Deep thought – Oct 2
Nate Hagens at ASPO-6
Vandana Shiva: How to address humanity’s global crises?
Sharon Astyk:
Collateral damage
11th Hour offers solutions to inconvenient truths
