EntropyPawsed:Sense of Place
Development of a sense of place is integral to leading a fulfilled low energy lifestyle. One might even say a nature linked low energy lifestyle requires an expanded sense of place.
Building Community
Deep thought – March 3
Towards a Scale-Free Energy Policy
Bright Green, Light Green, Dark Green, Gray: The New Environmental Spectrum
The World of Tomorrow 1 The Old Future
Rethinking Energy: conservation, curtailment, efficiency and appropriate technology
Energy is first and foremost a demand issue- how much do we need and for what ?- and yet the majority of public debate on the issue is to do with finding new sources of supply so as to allow industrial growth to continue.
Is it time for a four day working week ?
While the usual reason for adopting a shorter work week is economic, there is also an argument that working less hours reduces consumption and waste and can thus be justified on environmental and health grounds. It’s been recommended by a number of peak oil observers as a way to reduce energy consumption.
Deep Thought – March 1
Remembering Deep Ecologist Arne Naess
Peak oil means sooner or later we’ll wake up to a new normal
What is UNsustainability?
Book review: Culture Change by Alexis Zeigler
With superb insight, wisdom and erudition—one is almost tempted to say omniscience—Alexis Zeigler’s Culture Change charts an ambitious course for the future of our civilization. The book calls for a revolution to bring about what Zeigler terms a “conscious culture” capable of responding intelligently to our ecological crisis. (Full book title: Culture Change: Civil Liberty, Peak Oil, and the End of Empire)
Solutions & sustainability – Feb 28
How to build resilient communities in a chaotic world
Philadelphia’s new green future
For survivalists, the end is always nigh
City of Portland joins a bright neighborhood
Reseña del libro „The Transition Handbook“ de Rob Hopkins
(Review in Spanish of the "Transition Handbook"). Durante el último mes, hemos sido lectores atentos del libro „The Transition Handbook“, de Rob Hopkins.
Economic thoughts – March 4
Understanding and navigating the economic crisis (a decentralist approach)
Paul Krugman: Climate of change
We’re all doomed – again
Coping – Feb 27
Bad economy? Do what you love
Could the bad economy be good for your health?
From Beverly Hills to shoveling manure on a farm
How we’re going to save more
Bartering booms during economic tough times
Future perfect: the future is Mayberry, not Mad Max
[Peak oil prophets] are national heroes for sounding the alarm before anyone believed them. They have often been right, and any solar-powered Mayberrys of 2100 should have statues of them in the town square. But their long-held note of dread is useful only to the extent that it inspires people to do something more practical. The world we create will be, up to a point, whatever we were preparing for, and as we enter the opening years of the crisis, it is time we all take a deep breath and talk about what we realistically expect from the future.
Solutions & sustainability – Feb 26
Compostmodern ’09
4 Models for Organizing a Community for an Uncertain Future
Post Carbon Newsletter – February 2009
