Community solutions – May 10
Many hands make light work of saving energy
Community gardens grow communities
Biodegradable home products, ready to rot
Building an ecologically sensible home
Buildings
Outposts – May 9
Peak oil task force for Bellingham, Wash.
‘Peak oil’ is here. Now what? (R.I.)
Dream of cohesive Cascadia never dies
The peak oil crisis: transiting to transit
With crude oil now above $120 a barrel and threatening to go higher, it is clear that our preferred and convenient means of going places, our car, the airplane and the rental car soon are going to be parked because they will be too expensive to operate.
Food & agriculture – May 6
‘Zero mile diet’ blooms in BC – gardening boom
City neighborhoods loss of supermarkets
Billions at risk from wheat super-blight
World food crisis: sources and solutions
The world’s food insecurity – echoes of 70s
Innovation – May 6
When homes have ‘envirodashboards’
Tech CEO Council’s Mehlman: IT efficiency
Infrastructure to encourage survival technologies
Urban design – May 6
WaPo: Fighting global warming block by block
City of Swiss-style hill villages envisioned for Vancouver
Bellingham planning for PO
Are livable cities just a dream?
Transport – May 3
Your private air travel options are growing
Airlines reducing speeds to save fuel
Officials overestimate growth in vehicle travel
Housing & urban design – May 3
Guardian: Suburbs could be on the way out
Melbourne: A city on the edge
Cities of the future, today
Peak oil – May 2
Lawmaker to Minn. governor: What happens at the end of oil?
Mass. Governor: We’re “at the end of the age of fossil fuels”
Ottawa Citizen: Peak oil won’t wait for city planners
Heinberg and Van Jones: The future of energy
Food – May 2
An unlikely way to save a species: serve it for dinner
No easy access to fresh groceries in many parts of Seattle
Urban design – Apr 30
Highlights from the 7th EcoCity World Summit
CNN covers Transition towns
New book: Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change
Air travel – Apr 29
Fuel costs could end cheap flight era
Don’t plan development around air transport
Australia’s post-Peak Air Force ?
