Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
October is Co-op Month, and the U.N. has declared 2012 the Year of the Co-op. Two guests give us more insight into why people form and join co-ops, the main barrier to forming more co-ops, and what it’s like to form a grocery co-op in Barre.
Considering that forty percent of the time we spend traveling, across all cultures, is spent walking or waiting, the challenge was stark: that the car is complicit in a wildly inequitable use of space.
For Sustainable Bungay’s 10th Plants for Life event last Sunday, Winemaking – For Medicinal Purposes, Nick Watts invited a dozen of us to his house for a practical demonstration of how to make fruit wine, in this case (sic) from raspberries.
AP Wire–As it heads rapidly towards energy independence, the US has been dubbed "The New Middle East" by Energy Department officials, hoping desperately that it will be true. Slightly rising oil production, a lot of shuffling paper around to make "liquids" look like oil, and a new policy of fostering internal discord and violence will, hopefully, make overblown claims about our energy situation slightly more plausible.
We all know that walking is good for us. It sheds calories, tones muscles, and clears our minds. But taking a regular walk is also important to our understanding that we share a common life with others–the psychic foundation of the commons.
-Narcissism, Consumerism and the End of Growth
-Spain’s next threat: Losing 20% of its economy
-How Transition is starting to rebuild Ontario
-Amid the Echoes of an Economic Crash, the Sounds of Greek Society Being Torn
Enjoy this satirical look at the politics of energy by PCI Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg…At a hastily organized news conference, president Obama this morning called for a new national effort to restore America’s greatness by combating “entropy.”
BP took a gamble this week, entering into partnership with the Russian state backed energy company Rosneft. The deal frees the company from a stormy relationship with its oligarch partners at TNK BP. At the same time, it effectively makes BP business partners with the Kremlin…
Our society has become increasingly divorced from agriculture, and our assumptions about food and farming are too often based more on emotion or business interests than those of real, on-farm experiences and community decision-making about the food we raise and eat.
On October 21, 2012, the New York Times published an article delving in depth into the relationships between large Wall Street investment banks and shale gas operators. The article is outstanding but so much more needs to be said.
A midweek update of peak oil news, including:
-Developments this week
*Green energy would save EU trillions by 2050 -report
*Saudi Arabia Announces Plans For 100% Switch To Renewables
*Back to the future of the post-carbon world
