Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Should small-scale farmers who grow organically and sell locally or regionally be able to make a middle-class living with farming as their sole source of income? I’ve always answered this question with a fervent “yes,” at least from a philosophical perspective. But the answer to the follow-up question — “do they?” — is nearly always a resounding no.
Energy Collective: new site for energy discussions
Utne special: Mother Earth’s big comeback
Post Carbon Relocalize Newsletter #23
The science of getting a ‘Yes’ (Audio)
Getting what you want: A Q&A with the authors of Yes!
The persuaders: Robert Cialdini and the science of persuasion
L’Union soviétique était mieux préparée à l’effondrement que les États-Unis. Translation into French of Dmitry’s classic presentation Closing the ‘Collapse Gap’. Excerpts.
“We, the undersigned, believe that a healthy food system is necessary to meet the urgent challenges of our time,” begins the final draft of the Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture. Initiated by Roots of Change and half a year in the drafting, it will be released August 29 at Slow Food Nation (SFN) at San Francisco’s City Hall.
German churches set up energy firm to fight rising fuel prices
George Monbiot: Climate change is not anarchy’s football
UK risks climate leadership over dirty coal, say US groups
Rosie Boycott: People are recognising that food is the great binder
Growing green in Detroit
Ten steps for individuals from Post Carbon
An inside look at an emergency survival kit
Maasai ‘can fight climate change’
Extreme carbon negativity: 280 ppm by 2050
Walkable Seattle
NYC’s Summer Streets a success!
Tyranny of distance fuels rising grocery prices in Australia
Choking suburbs to stop global warming
Optimism sells. It is one of the staples of American life. And, it makes it difficult to tell Americans bad news.
Consider the notion that it is possible to safeguard a company and its employees against a continuously worsening economic environment, even onto complete economic and political collapse.
Toronto’s mysterious bicycle thief
New Republic: The end of aviation
Drivers to pay for oil shock in NZ
The age of the train returns to French provinces
Suddenly, sharing a ride looks good
EROEI – most important criterion for deciding how to meet energy needs?
The source of hope
David Holmgren and FutureScenarios (re-post)
Ghost Town & Land of Wolves (Chernobyl)
Economic growth mongering and its apologists
