Peak oil – Apr 5
Hirsch responds to Swedish PhD thesis on PO
Pickens on peak oil
When the oil runs out … in Sacramento
Cato Institute: Energy alarmism
Anarkismo: Politics & reality of the PO scare
Activism
Looking beyond – Apr 5
JM Greer: The shadow of our downfall
Sharon Astyk: World War II as metaphor
The limits of eco-localism: Scale, strategy, socialism
Speaking out – April 1
Kos, Obama, Hillary – join StepItUp (April 14)
Hamburg complains!
Complaints Choirs worldwide
There’s only one movement now
The days of balkanized little movements must end. Because Peak Oil and Climate Change are, obviously, issues for women – and for every man who has a reason to care about their mothers, their sisters, their friends, their lovers, their daughters – that is, all men
Biofuels – March 30
Castro warns poor will starve for greener fuel
Heritage Foundation: The ethanol mandate should not be expanded
Via Campesina’s position on agro-fuels
Environmental discourse and the paradox of the open society
How does one fight back without destroying the very principles of openness that make it possible to draw on the talents of all while safeguarding freedom of expression?
The Amphetamine of the Intellectuals
This second part of “Round in Circles: a review of David C. Korten’s The Great Turning” looks into the intellectual roots of Korten’s proposed solution for the crisis of industrial society. Will a change of political leadership and ideology actually solve our problems, or is something else going on?
The Peak Oil Crisis: The Portland Report
As someone who is familiar with the literature and follows the peak oil story on a daily basis, I can report that the folks on the Portland Peak Oil Task Force have produced a succinct, outstanding report that should be read by every local official everywhere.
Ticking time bombs and last-minute escapes
Much of the public has up until recently unreflectively embraced the idea that all emergencies will be met with unparalleled heroism that leads to the right solution–no matter how hastily and tardily conceived
Europe – March 9
EU agrees to reduce carbon emissions by 20%
Split on nuclear power threatens climate agreement
Europe takes lead in fighting climate change
German cars need to go green
UK’s Milibrand on energy security and climate change
Far-right BNP: Going “Green” – thinking beyond Peak Oil!
Round in Circles: a review of David C. Korten’s The Great Turning
David Korten’s 2006 book The Great Turning has been hailed as a groundbreaking work for progressives seeking to deal with peak oil and other aspects of the predicament of industrial civilization. Is Korten’s theory the panacea some peak oil advocates suggest, or does it contain a different agenda? First of a three-part series.
How to change the world in 10 easy steps
Because I am not a nice girl, or maybe not merely a nice girl, I feel that I should point out that the peak oil movement and the climate change movement are losing the race to plan the future, and to a large degree it is because we are refusing to be practical, also known as Machiavellian. Like all high minded people, we’re getting our asses kicked by the low-minded ones.
