Solutions & sustainability – Feb 22
The Economist hearts local green solutions
Revegetating unloved public ground
Green economics and new thinking
We’ll save the planet only if we’re forced to
Building Community
Peak oil – Feb 22
Alfa Bank: $100 oil may look `cheap’ within 5 years
Bloomberg: End of the oil age
Vermont peak oil task force
ASPO director in Mass.
Eugene, Oregon: Community and personal collapse preparation
Eugene makes an interesting case-study of a mid-sized city confronting the triple threat of Peak Oil, climate change, and financial meltdown. The area seems the perfect fit for relocalization. On the other hand, there is a wide gap between adding buzz words to the city manager’s lexicon and actually changing business as usual. Food security is a good place to start. (In-depth interview with writer and activist Dan Armstrong, part 1)
Oil Independent Oakland report is released
Inspired by Sweden’s landmark national action plan that articulates programs and policy measures expected to reduce Sweden’s oil consumption by 40-50% by 2020, Oakland (Calif.) hopes to provide a similar model for cities in the U.S. which are facing an absence of state and federal leadership on sustainable energy policy.
A farmer goes to a rock concert
It seemed inconceivable that the music of Ted Nugent, the Motor City Madman, and his rock group, “Damn Yankees,” could have cultural connections to old mother agriculture.
Solutions & sustainability – Feb 20
Well, Doctor, I have this recycling problem
Tantalising glimpses of resilience (Hunza)
Luz Girl of the Knowing (peak oil cartoon)
Food for body and soul
New models of shared leadership
Shock tactics (displaying electricity usage)
Housing & urban design – Feb 20
£25 congestion charge will hit 30,000 of worst polluting vehicles, says London mayor
KunstlerCast: Drugstores
L.A. to enact tighter green building standards
Passive survivability – buildings remain livable when electricity, fuel or water are unavailable
Saving the world starts at home
New York Times on eco-moms
Sharon Astyk on ‘Pleasures’
Generation Green taking on parents
Going green for 80 cents a day
Deep thought – Feb 15
Infrastructure for the future we want
Peak oil movement in Israel
Sustainability implications of peak population?
Replacing ourselves
Hierarchy must grow, and is therefore unsustainable
Climate mobilization: suddenly a dam breaks
Interview with climate scientist Susanne Moser: “A dam works well and for a long time, until one day it breaks. A social movement builds slowly and quietly, until one day it takes off and major political changes become possible. We’re witnessing the building of such a climate protection movement right now.”
Seize the day – Threshold moments and the hope for change
We have only to look at historical events to see that it is perfectly possible, for both good and ill, to radically change circumstances in a host of ways that looked completely impossible not very long before.
Solutions & sustainability – Feb 13
Does peak oil “make ordinary politics irrelevant”?
Monastery throws switch on green initiatives
Generation Green taking on parents to help them save the planet
How former miners transformed a pit into an energy village
Eco-villages prove to be sustainable
