Escape From Suburbia: beyond the American dream
A review of the new Peak Oil documentary and an interview with its director.
Society
Health – Aug 5
Scientists issue warning on chemical found in plastics
Dengue fever rages across Asia
Global health report rejected by Bush administration for not being political
The name is blog, peak oil blog
High rollers trying to cut consumption
My name is Randy… and I support Al Franken
What about the Third World?
Rock music for when the grid goes down: Celtic battle music
Community – Aug 5
BBC: Towns prepare for ‘peak oil’ point
Review: Escape from Suburbia
In pursuit of sustainable communities
Transport – Aug 4
Why they fight… the Heathrow airport expansion
Japan’s hybrid train hailed as the future of rail travel
$100m a year call to boost pedal power in Melbourne
How arch rivals colluded to hike up cost of air travel
Media – Aug 4
YearlyKos: Blogs vs. MSM!
Behold the 15-minute publisher (getting around commercial book publishers)
Deep thought – Aug 3
Harvard Business Review: Six rules for effective forecasting
The island of Naura- poster child for resource depletion
Focus on carbon ‘missing the point’
The terrifying prospect of a post-oil future: no more ready meals, traffic jams or lonely nights in front of TV
JM Greer’s fiction about the deindustrialzed future
The seductive message of Who Killed the Electric Car?
I find it very doubtful that we will all be able to sit behind the wheel our electric cars and wait for a green techno-utopia to emerge.
Fourth U.S. conference on peak oil and community solutions
This October several hundred activists, educators, and community leaders pioneering a low-energy way of life will gather in Yellow Springs, Ohio, at a three-day conference
Transport – July 31
The world’s costliest roadworks? Widening the M6- at £1,000 an inch
Europeans reluctant to give up cars
WalkScore and the Great Neighborhood Book
MPs urge government to boost water freight (canals)
Environment – July 28
Humans appropriate 24% of Earth’s productivity
Quantifying and mapping the human appropriation
Our share of the planetary pie
China cancels environmental report
Deep thought – July 28
Review: The Upside of Down
Alex Steffen: The world with us
Researchers say giving leads to a healthier, happier life
