Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
We’ve often heard that Peak Oil will mean the end of the three-thousand mile Caesar salad, but what about the end of the three-thousand mile tampon? In this essay, Carolyn Baker turns her considerable analytical skills to what Peak Oil will mean for women—its spiritual, psychological, and practical ramifications, and offers a few suggestions regarding women’s preparations concerns.
A veteran of 40 years of demonstrations, the American folk singer’s latest campaign involves camping in a tree to save a 14-acre farm from the developers (South Central Farm in Los Angeles)
Situation in sinking Tuvalu scary, says PM / Jet streams off track, may affect weather patterns / Green water and sustainable agriculture / Salon on climate change / Al Gore in NYC (speech coverage)
Localization groups from five states and Canada swapped info at the April Regional Localization Network Conference in Willits, California.
Skeptic Greg Easterbrook switches sides / Michael Shermer flips from skepticism to activism / NY Times reviewer Kakutani gives a thumbs up / Guardian: In praise of … Al Gore / Go see Al Gore’s new documentary—and then pay attention to who attacks it. / Cato scholar loses bet on climate change / David Attenborough: ‘I’m no longer skeptical’
The Aral Sea: turning the tide on an eco-catastrophe / Al Gore’s unlikely helpers / Clinton says must “get off our butts” to stop warming / Category 6 hurricanes? They’ve already happened
Coverage and commentary from a long-time activist on the two Peak Oil conferences earlier in May in Washington D.C.
European energy groups manipulate carbon trading for profit / Carbon dioxide is good for you /
Climate change: when policy cycles are circumvented (why the grassroots are weak) / Thank you for emitting / Gore-backed group will spend big to convince Americans climate change is real / Communicating climate change (getting people scared doesn’t work)
Seventeen leading U.S. pension fund and other institutional investors controlling $658 billion in assets are pushing for a face-to-face-meeting with independent members of the Exxon Mobil board of directors as a result of growing financial world concerns that Exxon Mobil is “a company that fails to acknowledge the potential for climate change to have a profound impact on global energy markets, and which lags far behind its competitors in developing a strategy to plan for and manage these impacts.”
It’s easier being green at the local level /
Global food supply near the breaking point /
Lure of the urban veggie garden /
Last chance to save LA’s South Central Farm / Smart meters
Full ‘Energize America’ proposal released /
Congressional report: ‘Securing America’s energy future’ / ‘Kick the Oil Habit’ campaign kicks off / Democrats offer alternative to Republican energy plan
The most straightforward way to get your municipality engaged on responding to our energy predicament is a resolution. The resolution calls for peak oil to be considered a serious issue, a city wide assessment funded by the mayor to be undertaken, and the oil depletion protocol to be endorsed.
