Solutions & sustainability – Oct 8
Science on a shoestring (tools for resource-poor countries)
Enviro-conscious apartment living
My journey to sustainability
Documentary: Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp
Building Community
Deep thought – Oct 8
Sharon Astyk: The Fertile Crescent and the closed circle
World moves into the ecological red
The prophet misarmed: Trotsky, ecology and sustainability
Review: Deep Economy by Bill McKibben
Willits and the problem of slow knowledge
After three years, Willits, while still a clear leader in peak oil preparedness, has not achieved nearly the progress envisioned by Bradford and other organizers. While their sense of urgency still remains, they have begun to realize that municipal governments move at what seems like a glacial pace and that public awareness is not the same as public understanding.
Urban design – Oct 8
Taking life easy in urban Italy
Get cool with Smart Growth
Kunstler: The grass roots syndrome
Confronting the Triple Crisis
A Washington D.C. teach-in on climate change, peak oil and global resource depletion included a presentation from an Ohio nonprofit organization on how to curtail energy use in housing, transportation and food production.
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 5
Australia’s first Transition Town!
Investing that is really socially responsible
Life without lights in a Ghanaian village
Trials and tribulations of setting up a local Climate Action group
Movie review: Escape from Suburbia
“Escape” comes from the director who in 2004 brought us “The End of Suburbia”, which has likely been seen at least once by every card-carrying Peak Oilist. Instead of focusing on the dire situation, “Escape” focuses on possible courses of action.
Happiness – Oct 3
Is great happiness too much of a good thing?
Against happiness
On average, religious people are much happier than nonreligious ones
Traditional dance as way to fight addictions
Marital spats, taken to heart
Housing & urban design – Oct 1
New era of tribal living has arrived
In heart of Texas, drumbeat for green (Austin)
To go green, live closer to work, report says
San Francisco takes action on climate change
Birth of EcoDensity backlash in Vancouver
Solutions & sustainabiity – Oct 1
Lifestyle changes prepare Boulder for energy changes
Shut up about the deckchairs! (ASPO and eco-villages)
Gaviotas: The village that could save the planet
Families bond over green choices
Transforming a community through local business
Deep thought – Sept 28
Vaclav Havel: Our moral footprint
Sharon Astyk: The water fountain
Global food shock real, says former Australian political leader
The Internet: our last hope for a free press
Solutions & sustainability – Sept 25
Planning for hard times: The Community Solution
The end is nigh. Be positive
Paul Hawken, Bill McKibben on blessed unrest and deep economics
Permaculture for the post carbon transition
