Social change based on modest assumptions
Esther Duflo, a young French development economist is reinvigorating her profession by pioneering new anti-poverty strategies focused on experiment and evaluation.
Patrice de Beer
Peak Oil Advice from German Poets
One question commonly raised among people who are beginning to face the crisis of industrial civilization is what they can do about it. With the help of two German Romantic poets, the Archdruid suggests some options.
United States and Canada – Apr 9
Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies
White House May Postpone Auctioning Emissions
Reconciliation For Carbon Emissions?
Mayor Gregor Robertson lends support to UBC Farm, flags peak oil
Former Oilsands Exec Named Head of Climate Working Group
Biofuels & biochar – Apr 9
The Great Biodiesel Shutdown
Corndoggle
International Biochar Initiative Newsletter March 2009
Declaration: ‘Biochar’, a new big threat to people, land, and ecosystems
Housing and urban development – Apr 9
The End of the Roads
Go Out and Play With the City: Matt Jones’s Demon-Haunted World
Vacancies at U.S. Retail Centers Hit 10-Year High, Reis Says
Tollway Investment Woes in Brisbane, Australia
Peak oil notes – Apr 9
A weekly update including:
– Prices and production
– General Motors
Solutions & sustainability – Apr 9
My week of living (very, very) cheaply
Green Patriot Posters
Energy Co-op Brings Power to the People
What Can Transition Initiatives Learn from Smallholders?
The peak oil crisis: priorities
The world is entering a great paradigm shift and our place in it will be markedly different 10 or 20 years from now. The most alarming thing to remember is that 95 percent of us have not discovered that major changes are underway and are waiting for economic recovery and new jobs to open up.
Manure More Precious Than Gold
I half-jokingly suggested about a year ago that animal manure— used livestock, horse, and chicken bedding— was going to be the hottest commodity on the Chicago Board of Trade. There are indications now that such a seemingly absurd prediction might not be so absurd after all.
The IEA warns of shortages – “The next oil crisis is coming”
“We are concerned, that oil companies are reducing their investment levels. When demand returns a supply shortage could appear. We are even predicting that this shortage could occur in 2013.” Said Nobuo Tanaka, head of the IEA.
Food & agriculture – Apr 8
A bird in the yard is worth two in the shop
Urban Foraging – a Rising, Sustainable Fad
Fighting the recession, armed with seeds
New England’s sugar country confronts a bitter future as the climate warms
Prices & supplies – Apr 8
Forecasting Coal Production Until 2100
In search of Lithium
The Future of Oil Prices
