Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Recently, writer Bill McKibben issued a call for artists to grapple with the epoch-making topic of global warming. “If the scientists are right,” he wrote, “we’re living through the biggest thing that’s happened since human civilization emerged.” In order to wrap our minds around the enormity, he said, we must engage our most creative and dramatic sensibilities. We must create art.
The community car /
Sustainability Network Update #56 /
Online book on managing farm pests ecologically /
Creating the modern “EcoHood” /
Back to the farm: Japanese retirees are choosing gardens over golf /
Polluting households face green taxes /
A drive toward fewer cars in Seattle
Entrepreneurial optimism and a positive attitude have been the seat of success for visionaries in this land of opportunity, so where does the bad news of the planet fit into this be-positive, ever uplifting, inspirational, don’t-bum-me-out chatter?
Loss of faith in national currencies could lead to economic paralysis. Local currencies can provide solutions while stimulating local trade and relocalisation efforts. Renewable energy backed local currencies may be an important economic invigorator in a post-peak world.
Is the threat of an Iranian oil bourse trading oil in euros the real reason for the possible military attack of Iran? First, we must understand exactly why central banks keep foreign exchange reserves explains Cóilín Nunan.
The right to travel when and where we please will be eroded over the next 50 years as the shortage of cheap oil and environmental concerns force us to lead more local lives, according to a government report.
A reasoned introduction to the oil peak and consequent scenarios, not overly specialised or technical. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association,
Philadelphia, Dec 14, 2005.
Companies Pay US Less for Gas Rights / Sugar prices turn sour for consumers / Russia blamed for gas sabotage / Georgian Gas Crisis May Hint at Moscow’s New Energy Strategy / China: a bull in the energy shop / Bomb blasts kill six in Iranian oil city / Iran Sanctions Could Drive Oil Past $100 / Evo’s Challenge in Bolivia
Empire on the edge–betting on LNG / Blair warned on ‘rush for nuclear’ / UK: Privatised nuclear clean-up ‘will cause accidents’ / Exxon Mobil to exit Azerbaijan fields / China to build first “artificial sun” / How to beat the high cost of gasoline / Food, and fuel, for thought
Change Who You Imagine You Are / More Realistic, Humble Economists Can Stop Environmental Ruin / Majority prefer renewables and efficiency over nuclear future / Lovins interviewed by Discover.com
Moscow eats up energy as temperatures drop / Iran cuts natural gas flow to Turkey / China struggling with energy price controls; Renewable Energy Law Takes Effect / Bolivia’s poor have new hope of energy dividend
Development of Irans Azadegan field delayed / Gas woes hobbling Aussie ammonium plant / Update from US Minerals Management Service on GOM /
Norways Statoil closes production on five fields
