Politics – Apr 15
Latin America’s new consensus /
Venezuela tightens oil grip /
Michael Klare on “Blood and Oil”
Society
Satan in the driver’s seat
Mel Gibson’s portrayal of Satan in “The Passion of the Christ” is the one in the driver’s seat of our modern, petroleum-based civilization careening toward the cliff that is Peak Oil while we all look out the window and enjoy the scenery.
Envisioning a hamlet economy: topology of sustainability and fulfilled ontogeny
If the average American could live the “good life” of living in a stereotypical Tuscan villa, and if they are shown how they, too, CAN have this lifestyle, then people will literally flock to this structure. Ultimately, this is a POSITIVE vision of the future—not a reversion to feudal serfdom, but a progression to a more egalitarian and human-compatible life…
Solutions & sustainability – Apr 11
Innovating tourism, for fun, savings and the good of the planet /
Kim Stanley Robinson on the future of adventure
Can We Use Fear as a Motivator for Change?
Rob Hopkins asks the question, to what extent should we use the fear of Peak Oil as a tool to motivate change in people?
Post-Peak – The Change Starts with Us
The average American consumes six times the energy of the average person in the rest of the world. Yet we don’t seem to realize the cost of our massive energy consumption on the poorer people of the world, on our own health, and the health of the environment. Although interest in Peak Oil is growing, most do not yet fully understand that this means the “American Way of Life” will be over within a few decades.
Politics & economics – Mar 18
US$: Forget Iran, the problem’s at home /
Kuwaiti oil plan stirs nationalist fervor /
In Venezuela, oil sows emancipation /
China ‘ready’ for energy co-operation with US
The Heart and Despair of Peak Oil
A new Peak Oil workshop initiative recently started in Melbourne, Australia. Early signs indicate it has broader relevance and excellent potential for effective communication, project initiation and community building.
Politics & economics – Mar 17
Chomsky: Latin America and Asia are at last breaking free of Washington’s grip /
Kevin Phillips’ new book on the influence of radical religion, oil, and borrowed money on the US /
A Glimpse of our geopolitical future — The East and South China Seas /
US postwar Iraq strategy a mess, Blair was told /
Both Reds and Blues go green on energy
Superbia! (book review)
How humans are able to adjust the setup of the suburbs to meet their basic needs in times of trouble will fall to those in need. Necessity is the mother of invention, or reinvention as it were.
Solutions & sustainability – Mar 15
“Living on the edge”, the balcony garden designers guild /
Landscape architects and global warming /
Getting cars out of the city center /
More news outlets, fewer stories (blogs an answer?) /
Why isn’t there more new urbanism?
Why Iran’s Oil Bourse can’t break the Buck
A number of writings have recently appeared with the thesis that the announced plans of the Iranian government to institute a Tehran oil bourse, perhaps as early as this month, is the real hidden reason behind the evident march to war on Iran by the Anglo-American powers. F. William Engdahl differs.
