Willits getting attention for taking sustainability seriously
The work of turning the Willits area into a community where necessities are produced and consumed locally has been attracting national attention:
Society
Peak Oil Headlines – 3 October, 2005
GOM oil infrastructure update / Is this post rigged, or Information on Oil Platforms / Kunstler on Financial Sense Online / Facing up to the coming energy crisis
Solutions and Sustainability Headlines – 3 October, 2005
Things to come: part I / Willits Economic Localization website / Why isn’t energy conservation a higher priority? / EU Parliament calls for renewables targets to be set at 20% / Doing the Hybrid Math / Chard on the Green? S.F. in a post-oil future / Green Glass – Window Treatments Help Clear the Air
A Hobbit’s Choice: Saruman or Sam
When I learned of Peak Oil a few months ago, it was all very familiar… As in Tolkien’s book, the world as we know is coming to an end, for better or worse. Within my lifetime, what is left of it, most of what I have grown to know, if not love, will pass away, forever.
Environment Headlines – 2 October, 2005
Acidic oceans threaten marine food chain / Fears Over Climate as Arctic Ice Melts at Record Level / Novel take on global warming / State of Fear / Global Storm Warning / Trust Us, We’re Experts
Other Energy Headlines – 2 October, 2005
Pemex expects to cancel oil exports / Saudi Aramco to double its oil rig fleet / Norwegian oil production continues to fall / Ethanol Starting to Trade Like a World Commodity / UK Reactors up for sale? (4) / Designs of offshore platforms at issue / Oil sands worth $1.4-trillion, study finds
Politics and Economics Headlines – 2 October, 2005
Indonesia clashes over fuel hike / Milk price increase just the beginning, ACA warns / India looks east for gas / American Airlines Cancels Flights on Fuel Costs / Essential oil / Time for a tax shift / High time for an energy fix / We can do this the nice way … or the nasty way / The Nation (2) / Even before storms’ impact, winter, N. Texans see bills jump / Alaskans want bigger piece of oil boom / Son of Fallen Activist on U.S. “Price of Oil” Tour / Iran takes over Pipelineistan
Solutions and Sustainability Headlines – 30 September 2005
Ireland in a jam / Integrated solar / This Old Sustainable House / Can Americans Eat Locally? / How far does your onion travel? / Nature’s Design Workshop
Other Energy Headlines – 30 September, 2005
Shell Nederland sees five-fold rise in oil production costs / A quick look at natural gas / US panel backs offshore gas drilling / LNG terminals not popular / Texas tea from a Russian Sea
Peak Oil Headines – 30 September, 2005
When Does Hubbert Linearization Work? / War. Famine. Pestilence. Death – The Peak Oil Portfolio / CEO of Lundin Oil is a Peak Oiler / PO Conference in New Hampshire (US) Oct 8 / Peak Oil means era of cheap gas is over
Politics and Economics Headlines – 29 September, 2005
Indonesia braces for fuel protest / Bush urges conservation, rejects solutions / Conservative conservation / WaPost backs Energy tax / Where filling up an SUV costs $3 / Chemicals cost tails natural gas / What goes up will keep it up / Smaller Cars Enjoy New Chic / UK: Conservative deputy leader warns hopefuls over energy / Howard: $13bn surplus no reason to cut petrol tax
Environment Headlines – 29 September, 2005
Global Warming: Death in the Deep-Freeze / Interior secretary says US will push search for energy / Arctic ice ‘disappearing fast’ / Effect of Greenhouse Gases Rising, Government Says / Bush Faces Wall Street Pressure on Global Warming / American Prospect – Reports Toward a Greener Politics
