Here we go a ‘blogging – Oct 23
On the Spot
Sustainable Energy Transition
Society’s downward spiral must play out first
Speculation: Inept Idiots or Wise Fools
Staff
Economics – Oct 23
A world in flux: crisis to agency
Guided by an invisible hand
Saving the Working Class with Green-Collar Jobs
Renewables & efficiency – Oct 23
Former BP chief Lord Browne speaks against alarmism on biofuels
UC Berkeley study: Green efforts boost economy
Making the case for wind power, again
Wood heat rises again
UK announces world’s largest algal biofuel project
Housing & urban design – Oct 23
Seoul turns to bicycles to combat global warming
With Free Bikes, Challenging Car Culture on Campus
Kunstler: The end of suburban life is coming
Relocalization – Oct 23
Thesis on peak oil and potential solutions
Transition Towns: Ecotopia Emerging?
Economic crisis indicates critical need for relocalization
Dysfunction – Oct 23
Copper conductors theft major challenge for Zimbabwe Electricity
Copper thefts leave youth sports scrambling
Pensioners cutting back on heating risk death, warns expert
Peak Oil Notes – Oct 23
Mid-week update including:
– Collapsing prices
– The OPEC meeting
The peak oil crisis: In the eye of the storm
Let’s take a bad, if not the worst, imaginable scenario. Suppose the world economy really goes sour in the next year or two; unemployment soars into double digits; consumer sales, agriculture and industrial production drop markedly across the developed world and international trade melts. What happens to oil production, demand, and prices?
The hows, wheres, & whys of eating locally
The benefits of eating local, seasonal, organic food; where to find local food sources; and what to do if you don’t have a local food resource in your area.
Waste – Oct 22
Unnatural resources – (mining landfills)
Better packaging, better benefits
Uncle Sam wants you: cardboard sculptures carry serious message about recycling
Deep Thought – Oct 22
Monbiot: We must start thinking in centuries
Crunch may put price tag on environment
Reuters summit-Economic woes may give planet a breather
What’s organic farmland worth? Or is it a pearl without price?
I and many thousands of small farmers are the village idiots of agriculture. We farm because we like to make little paradises out of our land while growing good food on it. What we make as a return on investment in money doesn’t matter as crucially as it does for the dime-takers. We often choose the nickel because we have learned that taking the dime means servitude to commodity markets and agribusiness giants over which we have no control.
