Politics & economics – June 17
Klare: The tripolar chessboard – putting Iran in great power context / In oil-rich Angola, Cholera preys upon poorest / Saudi Arabia’s growing list of new friends / Quebec unveils carbon tax
Society
Solutions & sustainability – Jun 16
Interview with Richard Gilbert – city planning for peak oil /
CSIRO Sustainability Network Newsletter #59 /
Permaculture: brewing a greener lifestyle /
The Great Turning: Creating Local Solutions And Earth Community /
Video: Joanna Macy on the Great Turning
The United States vs China: the war for oil
The United States’s focus on the middle east, al-Qaida and terrorism is also a surrogate for long-term strategic competition with China for the world’s oil resources.
Solution: cities for walking and cycling
Bike boulevards: Portland cyclists have streets to call their own / Why Scots are getting on their bikes / Are our cities making us fat? / Minister: China must back-pedal on anti-bike policy / Bicycle round-up / Riding a bicycle can save the world /
Transport experts have seen the future, and it’s got pedals
Energy Bulletin at new server
Thanks for your patience through recent technical problems. Due to the largesse of the Post Carbon Institute we’re now hosted on a flash new server, and teething problems aside, we hope the outages are behind us. Thanks PCI!
Peak oil – June 12
Implications of peak-oil theory for the Middle East / Is peak oil pure fiction?
/ Interview with Ran Prieur / Kossack: my peak oil op-ed / Has oil peaked? Not yet /
New edition of ‘The Oil Age’ poster
Russian moves on dollar – Jun 10
Russian Trading System launches ruble-contracts in oil, oil products and gold /
Russia fixes $65.2 price for first rubles oil deal /
Russia Shifts Part of Its Forex Reserves from Dollars to Euros
Solutions & sustainability – Jun 8
Dr. Sustainability /
Steve Case Leads the Charge to Popularize Alternative (Green) Products /
The People of the New Society /
Learning to Localize /
Revolution! Britain embraces the bicycle /
Woodworking in Amish country
The peak oil crisis: one year in review
As the world oil situation is rather quiet at the minute, it’s a good time for a review.
Energy Descent Action Plans – a primer
An Energy Descent Action Plan (EDAP) is a local plan for dealing with Peak Oil. It goes well beyond issues of energy supply, to look at across-the-board creative adaptations in the realms of health, education, economy and much more. An EDAP is a way to think ahead, to plan in an integrated, multidisciplinary way, to provide direction to local government, decision makers, groups and individuals with an interest in making the place they live into a vibrant and viable community in a post-carbon era.
Energy Descent Action Plans – a primer
An EDAP is a way to think ahead, to plan in an integrated, multidisciplinary way, to provide direction to local government, decision makers, groups and individuals with an interest in making the place they live into a vibrant and viable community in a post-carbon era.
Gender, peak oil and culture: part 2
Differences are important. We ignore dealing with gender and cultural issues at the risk of excluding diverse voices. Instead, we should welcome and seek to enhance their power, thus strengthening Peak Oil work.
