Transport – Oct 2
Interview with Linda Niemann, Author of Boomer, Railroad Memoirs
Bush Approves Automaker Loan Program: But Will It Arrive in Time?U.S. auto sales plunge
Staff
Food & agriculture – Oct 1
Food shortage catastrophe creeping up on the world
Dr. Abby Gold on Local Foods and Food Deserts in North Dakota and Minnesota (audio)
A School Garden Brings Learning to Life (video and audio)
Geopolitics – Oct 1
Russia Flexes Muscles in Oil Deal With Chávez
Cold War stand-off over pirates’ weapons ship
Lukashenko waits for recognition as Belarus goes to the polls
Belarus elections labelled corrupt as Lukashenko backers win all seats
Delay and Fail
Last week, speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York, Al Gore suggested that young people should engage in civil disobedience to stop the building of new coal power plants “that do not have carbon capture and sequestration.”
I sympathize with Gore’s intent. Coal is the most polluting of the fossil fuels, and if we burn more of it there is little hope of averting catastrophic climate change.
But is carbon capture and storage (CCS) a solution?
Review: Depletion and Abundance by Sharon Astyk
Why are so few peak oil authors women? There’s been much debate about this, and no one has yet arrived at a definitive answer. But whatever the reason, Sharon Astyk has established herself as a true rarity within the peak oil community by virtue of being a woman who has chosen to write about peak oil. The perspective that she offers is thus both uncommon and vital.
Musings: soil, dress rehearsal, French interview, panic, FAQs
Reading has taught me a lot. Gardening has taught me as much or more. Often, these lessons tend to be ones that sound trite when put in words: Stay humble; Don’t demand too much too fast; Notice the interconnections; Go slow, but always pay attention and be prepared for rapid-onset opportunities and problems. (Excerpts)
Renewables – Sept 30
‘Wave snakes’ switch on to harness ocean’s power
Electricity From What Cows Leave Behind
UK’s renewable energy efforts ‘ineffective’
Food & agriculture – Sept 30
Meat must be rationed to four portions a week, says report on climate change
Real food makes a comeback: You may now kiss your local farmer
Farming interns sow their sustainable oats
Feast to celebrate the traditional harvest on the Vancouver coast
ASPO VII in Barcelona
The program for the upcoming VII Annual International ASPO Conference is now available.
Solutions & sustainability – Sept 30
The Transition Movie: time to pick up your digital camera and co-create something wonderful
Can you ski and be green?
Gray water: A do-it-yourselfer installs a rerouting system
Water – Sept 30
California took on energy crisis, now it faces water crisis
FLOW: The Film that Will Change the Way You Think About Water
The New Corporate Threat to Our Water Supplies
Bottled Water at Issue in Great Lakes
Getting the most out of a farm or garden tractor
Whether you have an old farm tractor or a new garden tractor, consider this partial listing of PTO-driven tools it can power: mowers, tillers, binders, seed harvesters, saws, hedge trimmers, electric generators… By using your tractor fully as a power source, you save the cost of all the motors these tools would individually require.
