Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Allow me to introduce you to the greenest people I have ever known. They are paragons. If the world had only followed their example we might not now be facing the threat of either drowning in the floodwaters created by global warming or watching fertile land turn into desert.
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ASPO-USA conference presentations online /
Our natural gas treadmill (ASPO talk) /
EB interviewed about recent energy stories /
Sad news from Michael Ruppert and FTW /
Ruppert: Evolution – a matter of community
The transformation of American democracy into an elective oligarchy funded by the profits of empire was one consequence of the petroleum-fueled prosperity of the 20th century. As cheap oil and American empire meet a common end, the renewal of civil society offers one option to begin rebuilding a viable society in the twilight of the industrial age.
Peak Oil is a women’s issue /
Club of Rome (Canada) on the twin crises /
Blackwater mention LATOC /
UK oil production lowest for 28 years /
Dan Bednarz on peak oil and public health
Heart and soul of the city (eco-restoration in Seoul) /
Douthwaite interview (local currencies) /
The new rage on the road is ecological
A true survivalist hopes deep in their heart that the good life never ends for anybody. They just know that trouble sometimes does happen, and want to be as well situated as they can be if bad things do come to be.
These cycles of conservation efforts and new consumer trends prompt the nagging thought that my efforts are, but the futile offerings of an environmentalist do-gooder. It was with these thoughts that I sat down for the 17th annual Bioneers conference and took out my notebook.
Reports from recent ASPO-USA conference /
New hippies are fighting to replace oil /
Cooling the planet at the gas roots / Environmentalist Suzuki to quit spotlight for simple life /
Powerdown and permaculture – at the cusp of transition /
FTW report on Boston world oil conference /
Robert Hirsch scares me out of my wits
For years, the task of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions was seen as a job mainly for central governments… But with the major emitters such as the US and China outside the treaty, and with the Kyoto nations failing to meet their 2012 goals, the idea of millions of self- sacrificing individuals taking responsibility for their own energy-excessive lives seems like The Next Best Thing.
WorldChanging owners’ manual for planet Earth /
David Korten and the End of “Business As Usual” /
BBC: The fall and rise of the bicycle
NY Times on Bioneers /
Live from Pop!Tech: Live green or die /
Slow Food movement has global outreach /
Coming to a theater near you: carbon-neutral movie /
New book “Energy: use less, save more” /
Greening the planet, one backyard at a time
Rob Hopkin’s dissertation is, according to Richard Heinberg, “an extremely valuable resource for community leaders and other policy makers, all of whom must make the energy transition their first priority in the years ahead.”
