Richest 2% own ‘half the wealth’
The richest 2% of adults in the world own more than half of all household wealth, according to a new study by a UN research institute.
Andrew Walker
The green prince
Prince Charles seems to be way ahead of other public figures, not only in terms of taking a stand on global warming, but also in making changes to his personal life.
Articles:
Charles comes clean on his carbon realm
Prince recruits Gore for ‘green’ campaign
The greening of Highgrove
Queen upset at Charles’ “green” replacements
The prince and the peak
Transport – Dec 5
Monbiot: In praise of coaches [buses]
Vietnam gets richer, locals trade bikes for cars
So how about public transit?
Biofuels – Dec 5
A Grist special series on biofuels
Algae: Companies convert CO2 to auto fuel
Expert: Careful on biofuel subsidies
Council of Foreign Relations report: “National security consequences of oil dependency”
With little media fanfare, a heavyweight think tank has released a major report on energy security which paints a more urgent picture than most research coming out of Washington.
Jeff Vail’s “A Theory of Power”
Rhizome-based structures need to replace hierarchical ones, Vail argues, in all areas of our society — social, political, economic, educational etc. to entrench the power and sustainability of self-sufficient communities and render them invulnerable to re-expropriation of that power by hierarchies.
Post-peak pessimism: Looking for new tools
Rob Hopkins of Transition Culture recently asked, could pervasive peak oil pessimism be the result of men realizing we are ill-equipped to handle what is coming? The answer is yes. We need new skills and new tools.
Is Peak Oil Pessimism a Generation of Men Coming to Realise How Useless They Are?
I have come to think that part of the reason behind the “die-off” perspective … is in fact that a generation of men are coming to realise on some level that they are almost entirely unequipped to face the challenge that peak oil creates.
Peak oil – Dec 4
Ask Umbra: good to the last drop
TOD debate on the timing of peak oil
PayPal’s Thiel bets big on peak oil
‘Mad Max’ co-author on peak oil
Portland group plans for peak oil
The Lottery: a creative & effective way to avoid economic collapse
Awareness of Peak Oil or Climate Change will not compel us to change our “way of life.” We need a sense of extreme urgency and we need it now. With The Lottery, America’s oil addiction would become a life or death issue in the mind of John Q. Public.
Renewables – Dec 3
Nepal introduces new rural energy policy
UN conference on bio-fuels
Solar power in San Francisco
Bacteria could be the source of an unlimited supply of power (?)
A green PM for Canada?
Canada’s new Liberal leader – first green PM?
On Dion
Dion says he’ll honor Kyoto commitment
The red-green show: shades of things to come
