Solutions & sustainability – Nov 5
How to save the planet – did they get it right?
A Code of ethics for sustainability professionals
What future Brighton?
Lay Catholic community Agape
Consumption & Demand
Waste and re-use – Nov 5
Bottled water’s environmental backlash
Rain barrels and rain runoff
Buddhist dumpster diving
The plastic fantastic recycling trap
Energy policies – Nov 2
China hikes fuel prices amid shortages
Chinese reactions to oil price hikes
UK energy savings ‘miscalculated’ (Jevons Paradox)
Efficiency replaces conservation in energy saving policies
Waste – Oct 30
No place like home – for waste heat
Some ‘vampires’ prefer energy over blood
Britain’s ‘pay as you throw’ rubbish tax
New York City may join crackdown on plastic bags
Enhancing emotional wellness in a collapsing world
I recently had the extraordinary privilege of sitting down with therapist and mentor, Carla Royal, to talk about collapse and how we can enhance our emotional well being as we prepare for and navigate it.
Energy prices – Oct 23
Electricity prices see biggest jump in 25 years
The Economist: Roll out the $100 barrel?
Are oil prices at their highest? Hard to tell
Deep thought – Oct 22
Comparing What a Way to Go with The 11th Hour
Stop calling me a “doomer”
Desire and the green cure (consumerism)
A strange feeling as a way of life
Recycling & bans – Oct 17
Recycling the whole house
Plasma TVs may be banned in Australia
Bottled water leaves cities with a bad taste
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 17
Local groups use peer pressure – and fines – to cut carbon emissions
Harvest the rain; build a rain garden
Sweden’s sustainable finance system
Hey kids, check out these energy-saving tips
Planning – Oct 17
Albuquerque: Why are we planning for growth when we need to cut back?
Oil vulnerability auditing
England’s countryside ‘set to vanish in decades’
Movie review: What a Way to Go
I have seen a number of films on Peak Oil, climate change and the other ills of our society and planet, but none has moved me so much as this one.
Waste – Oct 16
Britain’s trillion-page mountain stacks up
Plastics recycling industry needs more feedstock
Appliances on ‘sleep’ mode still suck power
