Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Localized efforts have sprouted from the ground up in Santa Cruz, Cotati, Sebastopol, San Francisco and many other towns worldwide, where residents and neighbors are putting their heads together and collaborating on ways to relocalize themselves, bolster self-sufficiency and build the resilience that communities will need to absorb the shock of peak oil.
The revolution will be tweeted
Reporting Incorporated: Gene Randall, Chevron, and the ‘Dark Side’
World can’t be changed without fighting Western propaganda
Viva la Vegolución! Che Guevara’s Granddaughter stars in PETA ad
New allies for food reform (American Medical Association)
1.02 billion people hungry
Detroit: Food fighters (special food issue)
The campesino struggle for sustainable agriculture in Paraguay
In many parts of the world, common resources are still an essential basis of society. Additionally, several new communities which base their practice on the shared goal of creating and preserving a commons have emerged.
Santa Cruz group gears up for life after cheap oil (Transition)
From crisis comes hope (can a weary Left come up with new ideas?)
Newfoundland/Labrador premier captures the flag from the oil patch
Greenpeace hands out fake copies of International Herald Tribune
Blowing the green whistle on sports
A weekly round-up including:
– Prices and production
– Iran
Emerald Isle plots green revolution
‘Global warming is hoax’ (but not peak oil): the world according to BNP’s Nick Griffin
Caroline Lucas: Forget the BNP. What about the planet?
Jobbik Rising (rightist party in Hungary)
Venice turns to tap to cut trash
Online screening of ‘In Transition’ for 72 hours
Financial crisis: high noon on the high street
Transition culture: Pushing back to a greener future
Transitioning Tampa Bay into sustainable communities
European communist parties on energy
German regions selected for electric mobility pilots
Economy Shows Cracks in European Union
Alistair Darling says Labour to blame for BNP poll success
Obama’s Middle East Speech: VIDEO, Full Text
Using New Language, President Shows Understanding for Both Sides in Middle East
Obama’s Cairo speech
Shibley Telhami on Obama’s Historic Speech
Beyond Westminster’s bankrupted practices, a new idealism is emerging (Transition movement)
Will Hammersmith eco-village inspire new generation of Diggers?
Critique of European liberal policy on energy
The Powerdown Show: brilliant, and now available
A Job and No Mortgage for All in a Spanish Town
The Case for Working With Your Hands
