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
Society
Housing & urban design – Oct 1
New era of tribal living has arrived
In heart of Texas, drumbeat for green (Austin)
To go green, live closer to work, report says
San Francisco takes action on climate change
Birth of EcoDensity backlash in Vancouver
Solutions & sustainabiity – Oct 1
Lifestyle changes prepare Boulder for energy changes
Shut up about the deckchairs! (ASPO and eco-villages)
Gaviotas: The village that could save the planet
Families bond over green choices
Transforming a community through local business
The nonheroes of peak oil
We laud heroes who save us from dangers that are immediate and concrete. The most obscure of heroes are those who prevent bad things from happening
Transport – Sept 27
A busy NYC street makes room for bikes
Dutch government takes a stand- against cars, for bikes
Fifteen years of Critical Mass
Folds-mobile
Taking transit: the most effective route to cutting carbon
Health & happiness – Sept 27
Hurricane Katrina exacts another toll: enduring depression
Interview with green pediatrician Alan Greene
He’s happier, she’s less so
Population – Sept 27
Falling German birthrate dispels baby miracle myth
CNN:
Overpopulation could be people, planet problem
Geopolitics – Sept 27
Dilip Hiro: It’s the oil, stupid (Iraq)
Bolivia’s Evo to UN: “Let’s respect our Mother Earth”
An international court to try ecological crimes?
Iran gets over 70pc oil income in non-US currencies
Deep thought – Sept 27
Quantifying American overextension
UN: 35 years to half-extinction
Mundane science fiction (what if there is no quick and easy escape route?)
The peak oil crisis: Has the media become the message?
With every passing month, evidence peak world oil production has either passed or is getting very close becomes stronger. Unfortunately, public and congressional recognition of this situation remains virtually zero.
Civilization and succession
One of the basic concepts of ecology — the process of succession — casts an unexpected light on the contemporary crisis of industrial society. Is the industrial world an early stage of succession soon to be supplanted?
Solutions & sustainability – Sept 25
Planning for hard times: The Community Solution
The end is nigh. Be positive
Paul Hawken, Bill McKibben on blessed unrest and deep economics
Permaculture for the post carbon transition
