Climate & environment – Apr 30
‘Safe’ climate means ‘no to coal’
Monbiot: The media laps up fake controversy over climate change
Climate chaos predicted by CO2 study
Staff
From fame to shame: The coming crisis of unecological economics
Contemporary economics refuses to absorb ecological reality. Its pandering to techno-economic invincibility and the holy fires of greed renders it increasingly deficient.
Food & agriculture – Apr 30
Emilia Hazelip video: Synergistic Garden
MoJo Forum: Is Organic and Local So 2008?
The great wealthy nation land-grab
Peak Oil Notes – Apr 30
A mid-week review, including
-Prices and production
-Investment
Swine flu causes? – April 30
Understanding swine flu
Symptom: swine flu. Diagnosis: industrial agriculture?
We’re all in this together
Crisis lays bare the meat industry’s monstrous power
The monster at our door
Sane environmentalism to save earth
Our global culture is held together and connected by our economic system of money, laws and enforcement. This economic system is structured in such a way that it automatically and unintentionally motivates and perpetuates behaviors that are damaging to Earth. We can save Earth by understanding this destructive mechanism and then by acting to replace it with a creative, restorative one.
Deep thought – Apr 29
Obama’s first 100 days make—and may remake—history
Cost of public works may fool us all
Shaping the post-carbon economy
Just in case
Officials or the media may or may not be overreacting. New diseases crop up all the time, and most are not serious. … This might become very serious, or not, but the risk of death to any of us is statistically low – except in the long run.
Down with raised beds
The only raised bed I’ve ever found useful in sixty years of gardening is the one in my bedroom. And after I quit double-digging, I didn’t have to spend as much time there either. Or if I did, it was for reasons other than resting.
Electricity – Apr 29
Smart Grid – “Enabler of the New Energy Economy”
An Aged Electric Grid Looks To A Brighter Future
‘Vampire’ energy use is taking a bite out of your wallet
Don’t panic – April 28
Sharon Astyk: The New Swine Flu Review
Kunstler: The Joker
Emergency Room parable of global warming
Stockpiling for perilous times
Peak oil & supplies – April 28
China’s oil demand fell by nearly 6% in Q1 of 2009
Iraqi oil: black gold or black hole?
Squeeze that sponge (enhanced oil recovery)
Simmons: Energy industry facing enormous challenges
Governments must cooperate for “power-down” as oil runs out
