Exploring options, spotlight on “Earthwise”
Interview with Lisa McCrory and Carl Russell in rural Vermont who teach a variety of skills for sustainable living, including the use of draft animals in raising organic crops.
Building Community
Is peak oil a guy thing?
As the crisis deepens, those focused on spreading the word (whether in a “confrontational” manner or not) and those focused on inclusiveness and the implementation of responses will find that they need each other as much as the world needs to hear and see what both groups have to offer.
Food & agriculture – Sept 15
Taking a class, joining a tribe (Master Gardeners)
Sharon Astyk:
Vegeculture: Further rethinking how we eat
Taste, nutrients decline as size of crops grows
Can China clean up its food by going organic?
Farm runoff feeds dead zone
Is eating local the best choice?
Public teach-in on the triple global crisis Sept 14-16
Over 60 prominent policy leaders, activists, scientists and scholars will gather to discuss the Global Triple Crisis in Washington DC:
– Climate Change
– Peak Oil (The End of Cheap Energy)
-Global Resource Depletion (including Species Extinction)
The power of voluntary actions
Dismissing the importance of small personal behavior choices in favor of a sole focus on policy changes is a big mistake. Small behaviors are important not only for the direct environmental impact they have, but because they often lead to more and more pro-environmental behaviors over time.
Children – Sept 11
Lack of play hurting children’s mental health
Turning the ride to school into a walk
Is it normal to let your kids get eaten by a bear?
Unprepared
Not too long ago I was marooned for an entire day at Chicago O’Hare airport. While there, I got the impression that the standard uniform for airline passengers is now a T-shirt, shorts, and flip-flops.
Finding hope in permaculture
There is hope to be found, but it’s not hope that lets us “Pass Go and Collect $200” (i.e., a hope for a comfortable, stress-free life). Rather, it’s a hope for a new life in which we are the architects of our own survival.
Solutions & sustainability – Sept 6
Place matters (the joy of walkability)
Transition Town Maidenhead in the news
To teens in the first decade of the 21st century
Restoring native landscapes – from a dump to a park (+ jatropha)
survival
I had a much treasured book when I was a kid—something to the effect of “How to Survive in the Woods.” It covered the basics of building shelter, finding food, starting fire, and purifying water—important skills for a ten year old.
Solutions & sustainability – Sept 2
Homespun living Pasadena family gets basics from own efforts
The green faith effect
Pope to youth: Save planet ‘before it is too late’
Media – Sept 1
Point, click… eavesdrop: how the FBI wiretap net operates
How to submit ebooks to Project Gutenberg
A guide to media manipulation
