Affluenza – Dec 6
Affluenza, Prozac and Pavlov’s dog
Conspicuous consumption comes out of the closet
Asian affluence: going, going, going up
The rich vs. the filthy rich
Dare to consume less
Society
Dropping out – Dec 6
My back to the land fantasy (And why it feels more real every day)
Ran Prieur: How to drop out
Village blog: Dropping out (added 7/12)
The origins of peak oil doomerism
My point is not that Peak Oil doomerism is wrong. We face enormous crises and we have the tools to end civilization. But remember, as you feel yourself drawn to the apocalyptic story, that it is the natural place to go in uncertain and dangerous times. We are culturally programmed to do it.
Transport – Dec 5
Monbiot: In praise of coaches [buses]
Vietnam gets richer, locals trade bikes for cars
So how about public transit?
Post-peak pessimism: Looking for new tools
Rob Hopkins of Transition Culture recently asked, could pervasive peak oil pessimism be the result of men realizing we are ill-equipped to handle what is coming? The answer is yes. We need new skills and new tools.
Is Peak Oil Pessimism a Generation of Men Coming to Realise How Useless They Are?
I have come to think that part of the reason behind the “die-off” perspective … is in fact that a generation of men are coming to realise on some level that they are almost entirely unequipped to face the challenge that peak oil creates.
Closing the ‘Collapse Gap’: the USSR was better prepared for collapse than the US
My talk tonight is about the lack of collapse-preparedness here in the United States. I will compare it with the situation in the Soviet Union, prior to its collapse.I watched the Soviet Union collapse, and I have tried to put my observations into a concise message. I will leave it up to you to decide just how urgent a message it is.
Solutions & sustainability – Dec 2
Energy Descent Plans and the Oil Depletion Protocol
Six ways to shrink that heating bill
Vancouver Energy Farm update
How to build intelligent suburbs
Ecotopia – a photographic exhibit
FEASTA expand website
Post Carbon Newsletter – a half million visitors
OPEC resurgent – Dec 2
US urges Opec not to cut production
Conflicting signal on need for deeper cut
Bodman on Africa and OPEC
OPEC expansion ups clout
OPEC and the West: Jerome a Paris asks who are our governments working for?
Sprawl, and cities of the future – Dec 1
Kunstler: A reflection on cities of the future
Kunstler: Review of “Sprawl: a compact history”
Sprawl will stretch infrastructure – report
Sprawl wars: It doesn’t have to be so
Transport – Dec 1
John Urry on Social Networks
Transport planners asleep at the wheel
Traffic jams, and the rain in Spain
Please fasten your seatbelt and cross your legs…
Jostling for energy – Nov 29
Stanford profs: Oil addiction threatens U.S. security and undermines its influence
US, China fail to reach common ground on energy
US opposes gas deliveries from Iran to Georgia
NATO eyes greater role in energy security
