Solutions & sustainability – Oct 3
GE develops hybrid lightbulb
Eco-mags go high gloss
West Coast Green – building is key
The language of green is universal…or is it?
In the battle to be green, the human factor works wonders
Society
Thirsty Giant: India’s growing water crisis (NYT special)
In Teeming India, Water Crisis Means Dry Pipes and Foul Sludge
India Digs Deeper, but Wells Are Drying Up
Often Parched, India Struggles to Tap the Monsoon
The population bomb is ticking again
Scenarios are dire, but solutions may be surprisingly easy.
A hard place
Sooner or later America will lose its ability to influence the people and events in the Middle East, and at the same time we will probably lose access to the oil of the region.
Energy protests – Sept 29
Bangladesh: blackouts trigger violent protests
Zimbabwe runs dry
Kenya: Student Violence Baffling
Environment – Sept 29
Shaming the hydro hogs
In India, water crisis means foul sludge
Forests worth far more alive than dead
Beetles trigger gold rush in B.C.
Mystery of methane levels in 90s seems solved
The Heart of a Revolution
Scores of those who are aware of our troubles have convinced themselves that the answer lies in more of the same. But there are those who have another idea. (A Report from Third US Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions.)
Transport – Sept 28
Former mayor of Colombian city talks traffic
Peter Day meets Tesla Motors
B-52 tests alternative jet engine fuel
We need an X prize for eco-friendly air travel
Solutions & sustainability – Sept 25
Making the Tarmac bloom
Towpaths and bicycle commuting
High Point: Seattle’s green community
Wal-Mart grows ‘green’ strategies
The religious war on bottled water
Geopolitics – Sept 25
Appeasement driven by oil (Darfur)
Oil-rich leaders mock Bush team
Blair bemoans Russia oil crisis
World Bank profits from poor countries
West bars IAEA motion on Israel
Mitigating collapse – Sept 23
Orlov: What can young professionals and aging baby boomers do to prepare for America’s collapse?
Orlov: What can young people do to prepare for America’s collapse?
Surviving The Oil Crash: Leadership And Social Structure
Thomas Homer-Dixon: Resiliency & Collapse
Habitat of the motorist
The preferred habitat of the motorist is intrinsically a terrible habitat for the pedestrian, and vice-versa. Places truly congenial for both are a spatial impossibility.
