Solutions & sustainability – Oct 28
As Yard Sales Boom in Hard Times, Sentiment Is First Thing to Go
Moms are taking back the holidays by taking on consumerism
Profile: Majora Carter – nonprofit Sustainable South Bronx
Consumption & Demand
Peak textiles – Oct 27
Sustainable wool: Baacodes with a backstory
Bioneers 2008: Reincarnated Clothes Get a Second Chance at Cuteness
‘Good’ and ‘bad’ textiles are challenging to spot
Peak Oil Review – Oct 27
A digest of peak oil news including:
– A spreading crisis
– OPEC
– Investment in new production
– Briefs
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 26
Edward Carpenter: a pioneering open democrat
A 21st-century battle we must win for all the world’s sake
Consuming anxiety
Turning a corner (on peak oil)
Sharon Astyk: What I’d like to have been able to say to New York Times readers
Peak greed
At one time I decided to give greed a chance, immerse myself in it by devoting all of my waking hours to the study of money. If bankers and I were sharing the same floor of Hell, such an obsession couldn’t be all bad. Maybe Hell just needed a makeover. We could spruce it up, refinance it, remodel…
ODAC Newsletter – Oct 24
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Environment – Oct 24
UK’s ancient woodland being lost ‘faster than Amazon’
Migrating Alaskan pollock are creating the potential for a new dispute with Russia
Rising water in Florida’s Everglades threatens wildlife
Food & agriculture – Oct 24
Michael Pollan Interview
The Local Grain Revolution II (audio)
Soil health ‘threatens farming’ (text & audio)
Chinese Farms A Growing Challenge
Spreading Manure over Astroturf: Why Ad Men Hate Brown
Sharon Astyk is one of those “loony tunes” who shows her concern for the planet by depriving her children of central heat and baseball, or at least that’s how she’s portrayed in the New York Times article by writer Joanne Kaufman.
This article is part of a new media genre that takes the serious worries of almost two-thirds of Americans, and creates a special brand of pathology designed to stigmatize, pathologize, trivialize, and marginalize their concerns. In some articles, they call such activism “eco-anxiety” and seek out therapists who “treat” the “disorder.” In this article, she’s coined a new name for the ‘disease,’ calling it “carborexia,” and apparently it is a disease that is spreading.
Relocalization – Oct 23
Thesis on peak oil and potential solutions
Transition Towns: Ecotopia Emerging?
Economic crisis indicates critical need for relocalization
Dysfunction – Oct 23
Copper conductors theft major challenge for Zimbabwe Electricity
Copper thefts leave youth sports scrambling
Pensioners cutting back on heating risk death, warns expert
The hows, wheres, & whys of eating locally
The benefits of eating local, seasonal, organic food; where to find local food sources; and what to do if you don’t have a local food resource in your area.
