Peak oil, prices, and supplies – July 10
U.S. Considers Curbs on Speculative Trading of Oil
From mobile phones to oil
Video: Why the oil price will rise
Staff
The wealth of nature
The Archdruid continues his survey of ecological economics with a look at the economic role of natural processes. If, as studies suggest, three-fourths of all economic value in the world today is produced by nature rather than human labor, is it time to start treating nature as the primary economy, and human economic activity as a secondary economy dependent on it?
Food & agriculture – July 9
Eat What You Grow, Grow What You Eat?
Coming Soon: ‘Local Food’, a Transition guide, and an interview with the author
Pelosi buys off agri-business to advance climate bill
Transition Towns – July 9
Book Review: The Transition Timeline
Insights on Resilience from the Recent History of Totnes. 1: Back garden food production
Tooting Catches Carnival Cash
Peak oil notes – July 9
A weekly round-up including:
– Prices and production
– Reining in Speculation
A startling lesson in pasture farming
I know only one other person who in his lifetime was aware of the benefits of crabgrass— Bob Evans of fast food fame, now passed away, who was also a pioneer pasture farmer and a close acquaintance friend.
The radical hypothesis
It is hardly an exaggeration to say that humanity has reached a fork in the road, and future generations await our decision. Our energy & economic prospects are at stake, and these two necessities are inextricably linked. At such turning points, it is natural for apprehension to cloud our judgment. We want to hang on to what we have, or improve upon it, but our uncertainty is greater than our ability to discern the long-term future. The only things that seem clear are that the future will not resemble the past, and must not resemble it.
Deep thought – July 9
World at Gunpoint – Or, what’s wrong with the simplicity movement
The Malthusian insult
New book looks at economic devastation in an Iowa meat-packing town
Climate action & inaction – July 8
New Climate Strategy: Track the World’s Wealthiest
Gore: Deal on Emissions from Land Useage Change Critical
Gavin Schmidt: a climatologist trying to give out the right signals amid the noise
India Says Developed Nations Are Responsible for Climate Change
How the US Is Blocking Progress on Climate Change
Bikes and traffic – July 8
How driving a car into Manhattan costs $160
Bicycle Production Reaches 130 Million Units
Bike Among the Ruins
MuseLetter 206 – June 2009 (French translation)
Ce mois-ci, la Museletter réunit deux articles qui partagent un thème commun : l’Humanité est-elle capable de réaliser les changements nécessaires au sauvetage de la planète et par la même occasion à son propre sauvetage ?
Grief made in America is not “good grief”
This morning as I was gathering news for Truth to Power’s Daily News Digest, I opened Sharon Astyk’s blogspot, one of my very favorite, to find her caustic commentary on the death and funeral of Michael Jackson. As her comments distilled in my mind and body, I realized that I have even more to say about this cultural phenomenon-no desire to say it better than Sharon because who could (?), but hopefully to embellish her inimitable incisiveness.
