Sandy and digital snow days
This post describes Sandy as a catastrophic pulse in relation to the problems of dense urban living, complexity, and digitization.
Year: 2012
Oil – Oct 31
*IMF study: Peak oil could do serious damage to the global economy *Weaning America Off Oil *Canada’s New Pipeline Woes *Analysis – Does U.S. shale mean cheap global oil by 2020?
The Peak Oil Crisis: The Superstorm
Somewhere in the midst of watching the Weather Channel’s reporting on the approach of Superstorm Sandy, I was struck by the lack of meteorologists saying anything about what was behind the highly unusual phenomenon that was unfolding.
Better School Lunches Should Taste Better Too
Seems to me that if we want school kids to eat lettuce, broccoli, carrots, peas, green beans, corn, potatoes, tomatoes, whole wheat bread, fruit cocktail etc. etc., we have an obligation to make these foods taste as good as fast food hamburgers and French fries.
Sandy: Storms in the Emergency Room
Storms in the Emergency Room – Hurricane Sandy, coal and nukes – it’s not pretty. From D.C. as storm hits, Earthbeat’s Daphne Wysham on the climate connection. From Australia, Greenpeace’s Georgina Woods on huge coal expansion. Then a Canadian plan to dump nuclear waste right next to Lake Huron and world’s biggest running reactor.
The Big Deal About U.S. Energy Self-Sufficiency
Mark J. Perry caused a minor sensation on October 22, 2012 when he posted a blog about record-breaking fossil fuel production in the United States.
Futuristic Physicists?
Experts say don’t count on a Star Trek future. Ever.
Slowing the Pace of Consumerism by Design
A new book, Architecture & Design versus Consumerism: How design activism confronts growth (Earthscan/Routledge 2012), helps close the “meaning” gap between architecture and design’s potential for social good and the ruthless commercialism and consumerism that serve as the context for the professions.
Three Behaviors That Can Save Us
We face a wicked predicament. Global climate disruption threatens the existence of civilization as we’ve known it.
The Commons as a Transformative Vision
It has become increasingly clear that we are poised between an old world that no longer works and a new one struggling to be born.
Ten low-tech responses to storms and emergencies
We live in a world dependent on electricity and we forget that being dependent on something — however wonderful that thing is — makes you vulnerable.
The Many Benefits of Multi-Year Crop Rotations
Farmland LP’s agricultural practices are based on good science and agronomic principles, and a 9-year research project from America’s heartland continues to support what we do.
