Deep Thought – Oct 8
All distant problems are not created equally
The Age of Unbridled Consumption Just Ended
Herman Daly on the Credit Crisis, Financial Assets, and Real Wealth
Fall of the technological world
Staff
United Kingdom & Europe – Oct 8
End use of fossil fuels in 20 years, UK warned
First council since Second World War set up to look at food security
EU climate change cuts: Poland leads revolt over Russia fears
Dirty coal power hit by Euro vote
Transport – Oct 8
This green subsidy for car makers is just a disguised corporate bail-out
Saving gas, beyond the car
Carrying Copenhagen: the wonders of the cargo bike
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 8
The futureproofers
Rural communities best equipped to cope with climate change: UN report
World Resources 2008: Roots of Resilience – Growing the Wealth of the Poor
Natural healing
When faith in the dollar runs out
All I can think about is how utterly unprepared most people are here in the U.S. to cope with the coming challenges swirling around the Venn-diagram intersection of global economic collapse, peak oil, and global climate change. For any problem, I find it’s always helpful (for me at least) to formulate a “to do list.”
Economics – Oct 7
Markets foresee global contraction
The Borg: a financial allegory
Energy/credit/currency crisis on TOD
Kunstler: All fall down
Chris Martenson on the current financial crisis
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 7
I challenge you to buy sustainably
The carbon footprint of divorce
Finding opportunity in peak oil
A green path out of the red
Roberto Perez’s visit to Totnes
The geeks were right
Pakistan and Afghanistan – Oct 7
Britain risks US rift in war against Taliban
Pakistan facing bankruptcy
Pakistan blames US raids for hotel bombing
Index on Afghanistan and Pakistan
Climate & environment – Oct 7
Seas turn to acid as they soak up CO2
UK climate and energy policies lack cohesion, says Oxfam report
One in four mammals risks extinction
Meltdown: A global warming travelogue
Peak textiles – Oct 7
Make Your Own Homemade Natural Dyes
Woody Harrelson’s view of hemp farming: strong fibres, and cuts pesticides
From Recycled Scraps To Museum-Quality Quilts
A nutting expedition
Those of us lucky enough to have grown up on self-subsistent farms were not surprised to learn in our schooling years that the literature of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was full of references to “nutting expeditions.” That might seem a strange phrase for the very pleasant pastime of going to the fields and woods to gather nuts in the autumn but the Victorians knew that “expedition” is exactly the right word. One does not simply pick up nuts from under trees. That is a small part of a grand adventure of discovery, especially for hickory nuts, my very favorite of all wild foods
“Reinventing Collapse” by Dmitry Orlov (book review)
Well, first of all, it’s funny. Really. I don’t mean it’s filled with jokes, but Dmitry Orlov has a very humorous and biting style. This humorous approach serves two important purposes: 1) It makes the book enjoyable to read. 2) It helps the reader develop a certain healthy detachment from the subject matter.
