Food & agriculture – Jan 23
The lowdown on dirt: it’s disappearing
Cow-belching study aims to cut methane
FAO sees record world food prices staying high
Long period of rising food prices forecast
Care about the environment? Eat less meat
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Peak everything economics, or, what do you call this mess?
If you’re interested in finding shelter during the storm, get thee to the productive side of the economy. Grow something, or learn to make or repair something useful.
Peak oil – Jan 22
The fallacy of reversibility: why peak oil actually helps industrial agriculture
OPEC Secretary-General : ‘International oil companies are the real dinosaurs’
Not “peak oil” but “trough oil”!
Review: Shell Game by Steve Alten
“How to Boil a Frog” on peak oil
Climate – Jan 22
Warning on rising Med Sea levels
Water crisis: Turkey’s disappearing lakes
German farmers and global warming
Dysfunction – Jan 22
Immigrants find help in fat-food nation
Fury in UK as fuel poverty soars close to a 10-year record
Plan for radio-controlled thermostats nixed
Some say bulbs threaten environment
Transport – Jan 22
Pledge to make UK landings and take-offs more fuel efficient
Tiny Tata Nano, big threat
Israel launches electric-car program
Housing & urban design – Jan 22
Ecocity World Summit April 22-26 in San Francisco
Green architect receives Swiss honour
Desert state channels oil wealth into world’s first sustainable city
Renewables – Jan 22
Is cellulosic ethanol the dream fuel or a pipe dream?
UK MPs’ warning on biofuels angers Brussels
Appearing as a hologram, Prince Charles hails new money for alternative energy
Deep thought – Jan 22
Lester Brown – Plan B 3.0
The sixth extinction
Rich countries owe poor a huge environmental debt
Solutions & sustainability – Jan 22
Earth Hour: Going dark for the environment
Seeking ways to help the world’s poorest
New site critiques press coverage of science and the environment
Organic art?
Farming is itself an art and a whole lot more artists than you might imagine draw their early or late inspiration from it. And I don’t mean just sentimental, sugary, artsy-fartsy, pretty stuff about farming, but the guts of it, the tragedy and heartbreak a farmer must sometimes endure, as a true artist often endures, when he pits himself against the tyranny of greed and the indifference of nature to produce good food.
Stocks fall, recession ahead?
WSJ: US warning signs point toward a deep recession
Stocks plummet in Germany, Hong Kong, India, Brazil
London shares in biggest fall since 9/11
Stocks plunge worldwide on fears of a US recession
Jerome a Paris: The next domino
Kunstler: Fullblown panic
