Environment – Sept 21
US droughts may eclipse Dust Bowl
Fires Sweep Indonesian Borneo and Sumatra
Illegal logging costs billions
China taps into foreign water solutions
Society
Solutions & sustainability – Sept 18
LA Weekly on green building
Oil Depletion Mitigation Bill
Airlines increase disease risks
Book Review: How We Can Save the Planet
An Interview with Dennis Meadows – co-author of ‘Limits to Growth’.
I was very lucky at ASPO 5 to get to interview Dennis Meadows, one of the authors of what is probably the most famous environmental book in history, “Limits to Growth”.
Community and Curtailment
The handwriting is on the wall – massive
change is in the offing – and we are totally unprepared. For this New Solutions we will discuss options for addressing these threats under the rubric of four “plans” arbitrarily labeled A, B, C and D.
The good news is local (interview)
Jason Bradford is a PhD evolutionary biologist who studied the effects of climate change on cloud forests in the Andes under the auspices of the Missouri Botanical Garden and other institutions. But in 2004 he switched his focus from study to action by initiating a remarkable community organizing effort in his new home town of Willits, California, called Willits Economic LocaLization (WELL).
Community Solutions
Endless discussion of peak oil statistics isn’t of much interest to me. Nor is sitting around trying to guess the exact date of the arrival of the peak. The response of our communities to this coming era of human history, now that blows my hair back.
Cities Can Save the Earth: the urban solution to climate change, species extinctions and peak oil
Over the past century, our cities have been shaped – literally – by the demands of the automobile. Today, with global oil reserves declining irreversibly, it’s time to face the challenges of the imminent post-oil reality.
Why we need a healthcare Hirsch report
A medical ‘Hirsch report’ would provide useful information for planning and implementing mitigation programs, allowing us to manage the significant expected impacts of oil scarcity and energy descent on healthcare systems.
How cities are preparing for global warming & peak oil
Special issue – one of the best yet from HopeDance. All articles are online and free.
A party plan for raising peak oil awareness
Fun motivates.
Andi and I immediately recognised a novel way to catch people’s interest and a good hook for motivating people to become involved. Put the focus on what we are creating – not what we are leaving behind.
Peak oil in Boston
“A Midnight Ride for Peak Oil,” a peak oil conference sponsered by ASPO-USA and Boston University, is set for Oct 25-27.
Why the Survivalists Have Got It Wrong.
I have very little time for the survivalist response to peak oil, and on the back of a new article about it, Preparing for a Crash: Nuts and Bolts by Zachary Nowak, perhaps it is time to deconstruct the whole survivalist argument, which is still a strong theme in the peak oil movement.
