Dysfunction – Dec 3
Naomi Klein: Forget the green technology – the hot money is in guns
Eat, drink and be miserable: the true cost of our addiction to shopping
Clogged by plastic bags, Africa begins banning them
Consumption & Demand
What to do – Dec 2
Five ways to save your business money during the recession (and peak oil)
Scientific America: 10 solutions for climate change
How US could cut 28% of greenhouse gases
Trash is a choice – Dec 1
We can be garbage free
N.Y. activist preaches deliverance from retail
EB Review: The Humanure Handbook
Computers and web – Nov 29
Plugging the Internet into clean power
Green computing is not an oxymoron
U.S. report warns of brownouts on overloaded Net
Water: the impending apocalypse
I try to show the effects of fire, floods and drought on those living in impossible circumstances. Poor media coverage makes it difficult to understand the overall enormity of the crisis. (Comprehensive compilation of articles and commentary.)
Efficiency – Nov 28
LA Times: Small steps, big energy savings
Dim prospects that ‘energy efficient’ will pay off: CIBC
‘Beer fridges’ present a gassy problem
Smart appliances learning to save power grid
Bringing back the clothesline
EnergyJoule power use monitor
The rich opt out
Car crazy
The IEA predicts that an astonishing 42% of increased demand for oil will come from China and India alone, and there is a simple reason for their growing thirst. When incomes rise, people want cars. When people want cars, they require fuel to run them.
One man’s fertilizer is another man’s bomb or illegal drug
Suppose I were to tell you that our most widely used nitrogen fertilizer is an extremely dangerous chemical that in its manufacture, transport, and application has killed and injured thousands of people.
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 13
Marketplace radio series: Is the consumer economy sustainable?
Greek Orthodox leader calls for “less sinful” use of energy resources
Weekend Carbon Emissions
New Sustainability Magazine in Ireland
Green chemistry’s ‘race to innovation’
What’s behind the jump in oil prices?
Responses by:
Shell Oil president John Hofmeister
ASPO’s Steve Andrews
CERA
Jerome a Paris of Daily Kos
Ralph Nader
Libertarian Ronald Bailey
IEA issues a grim energy report – Nov 7
“I am sorry to say this, but we are headed toward really bad days,” says Fatih Birol of the International Energy Agency. The IEA’s annual World Energy Outlook, released today, pointed to supply shortfalls and skyrocketing demand from China and India. Coverage by TIME, NY Times, BBC, Guardian.
Deep thought – Nov 6
Hitting the nail on the head with the hammer…of fear
Film Review- What a Way to Go
The switch has been flipped
Are you on the rebound? (Jevons effect)
