Food crisis – July 13
Hunger brings anguish for millions of Pakistanis
Catastrophe looms in Zimbabwe
Food shortages grow in rural Nepal
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Food & agriculture – July 13
Community gardens: growing food brings people together
The only diet for a peacemaker is a vegetarian diet
Good crop, bad crop (biofuels)
UC advisor encourages Californians to plant Victory Gardens
The last great push for Victory Gardens came from the federal government during World War II. Today, Hayden-Smith said, there isn’t as strong a connection between American military involvement and the home front, but the American way of life is imperiled by more than foreign wars. The country is facing ever rising fuel and food prices, the threat of global warming, and a high rate of obesity.
Could sustainability lead to an authoritarian future?
Those who imagine humans eventually returning to agrarian societies also often imagine that such societies have the potential to be much more democratic and egalitarian than our current world. But, among those who imagine what I’ll call a sustainable industrial future, there is little discussion of future political arrangements.
Water – July 13
California drought putting businesses out of business
Will water fuel an Armageddon?
Ontario fears: A war is brewing over water
United States & Canada – July 13
Obama to meet energy smart Debbie Cook of ASPO
Say good bye to the good old days
Soaring gas prices mean financial hardship
Canada: Losing the Arctic edge
Peak oil and the rebuilding (or not) of Ground Zero
United Kingdom – July 13
Brown blunders in pledge to secure Nigeria oil
Climate campaigners threaten to invade and shut down power plant
Britons spurning foreign holidays as economy dips
Prices & supplies – July 13
Best oil price forecast Of past decade: Jeff Rubin in 2005; Worst: Dan Yergin in 2004
Welcome to a world with $500 oil
Follow the oil money
Waste – July 13
A truly cool city would feature a short stroll to the local worm bin
How to curb food waste
Trash collectors (students in poor barrios find their own solution)
Solutions & sustainability – July 13
The bicycling horticulturalist
Gardens save the day in ‘WALL-E’ and America’s cities
Financial independence with The Happy Minimalist
The Outquisition
Climate – July 13
Albertans can expect forest fires, drought, disease
Geologist sees methane `doomsday’
The Arctic resource rush is on (gas hydrates)
McCain’s melanoma cover-up (sunscreen not enough)
Geopolitics – July 13
The militarization of energy security
Russian oil to Czechs slows after U.S. pact
Pull-out demand signals final Bush defeat in Iraq
U.S., Iraq scale down negotiations over forces
