Cities – Nov 5
Mayors, looking to cities’ future, are told it must be colored green
U.S. mayors find it’s not easy to be green
Bloomberg and Clinton at mayors conference
Ken Livingstone on climate change
Review: Renewable City
Building Community
Let’s play “Peak Oil Shock Me”
An increasingly popular parlor game among peak oil activists is to see who can serve up the most shocking morsel of peak oil news at any one sitting. There are now plenty of morsels to choose from on an almost daily basis.
Climate policy – Nov 3
Climate change and tourism
Religious leaders act on climate change
Emirates airline executive rubbishes Gore’s climate film
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 2
50 things that will save the planet (better than the usual list)
Astyk: Acts of non-consumption and the riot for austerity
Open access to research funded by U.S
Housing & urban development – Nov 2
Isle of Wight: eco trailblazer
Green roofs start to sprout on urban homes
U.S. mayors meet in Seattle to push for a green revolution
Washington’s largest prison gets green certification
Renewables – Nov 2
Bill McKibben: What rhymes with waste-heat recovery?
Kenyan slum saves trees, cleans streets with big trash oven
How to build a local energy economy
Mammoth wind farm slated for S. Dakota
Viability of Antarctic windfarm
‘Wall of money’ set to flow into Asian renewable energy
Bicycles – Nov 2
Compact bike folds in 5-25 seconds
Portland is not so bike-friendly, but it could be – here’s how
Recycling with ‘Bill the Bike Man’
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 30
Don’t rush it. Dig in
Enviro-conscious apartment living: creating urban wildlife corridors
Bioneers to the rescue
Deep thought – Oct 30
Monbiot on The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Fat Man, the Population Bomb and the Green Revolution
Peak oil and famine
Greening the city – Oct 30
Remaking the built environment by 2030
Cities see benefits of going green
Inventing a sustainable Iowa City
Report takes aim at smog-causing speed bumps
Philly CarShare a success after 5 years
Building post carbon cities
A new book on meeting challenges of peak oil and global warming shows city leaders how to create their own plans to reduce local vulnerability to rising prices and volatile energy markets.
Is Willits a post-peak oil paradise?
Willits has become a focal point for the peak oil movement because it is now on the leading edge of relocalization efforts. Some readers who are thinking about where they should live in the coming energy decline may be looking at Willits (and perhaps other places that are taking peak oil preparations seriously).
