Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Van Jones: ‘Grow the comfort zone’
Heinberg attacks airlines’ bid to fly more Kiwis
Hubbert Linearization applied on Ghawar
BBC-Wales: Peak oil, local food and transition
Think oil can’t go higher? Think again
News Round-up from TOD:Canada
ODAC News
Grist special series on food and farming
You grow up, change your life, travel a million miles – the spirit of this food stays with you
Rent-a-Grandma: Keepers of culinary roots teach a generation lost to cooking
Safe streets: Not pedaling can kill you
Evolution of a bicycle friendly community- Davis
Big cities try to ease way for bicyclists
Kinsale two years on
Astoria couple throws out lifeboat of ideas to save energy, resources
Save electricity, save money and environment
Green chemistry attracts fans on campus
Can this muck save the planet? (wetlands and global warming)
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
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.
Taking life easy in urban Italy
Get cool with Smart Growth
Kunstler: The grass roots syndrome
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
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.
“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.
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
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
