Wearing my hair shirt
With all the attention on the great challenges and sacrifices ahead, I feel it incumbent to serve as an ambassador for the American low-energy lifestyle. It’s really not so bad, folks.
Consumption & Demand
Warning: Recession ahead
The economic health of the United States is at risk, with problems such as a real estate bust and the oil factor. Conclusion: a U.S. recession is highly probable and will spread to its trading partners.
Trends – April 3
Barbara Ehrenreich: How we learned to stop having fun
Projecting population, fertility and HIV/AIDS
In BC, life begins at 30
Food & agriculture – March 31
Edible City
Food, climate change and the coming energy crises
Punishment for gluttons?
The limits of a Green Revolution?
Dysfunction – March 31
Developing countries are awash in e-waste
Income gap Is widening, data shows
Mercury in energy-saving bulbs worries scientists
Solutions & sustainability – March 28
Strategic consumption: Changing the world with what you buy
Sustaining change from the middle ground
APPLE leader inspires others to help planet
Organic gardens vs. chem-fed lawns
Less carbon, more community
The transition to renewable energy
Biofuels – Mar 28
Chinese biofuels expansion threatens ecological balance
Thailand looks to deadly nuts for biofuel
Ethanol boom a bust for ranchers
Brazil, Italy seek partnership on biofuel production
Bulbs and bags – March 28
SF is first city to ban plastic shopping bags
Mercury in energy-saving bulbs worries scientists
Bill to ban regular light bulbs introduced in House
Food & agriculture – March 27
The 100-foot diet
The Crikey water diet
Natural vending machines and the psychology of snacking
Deep economy: Localism, innovation and knowing what’s what
The steps Bill [McKibben proposes] — local food and local energy — are generally good ones, but they alone are not going to get us anywhere close to one planet living. For that, we need truly radical change, delivered through widespread innovation and systemic redesign, and going far beyond the sorts of impacts we can create though individual consumer actions.
Oil exporters – Mar 25
China to become a top oil client: Chavez
China’s Hu heads to Russia urgently seeking fuel
Iran asking oil clients not to pay in dollar
Ecuador suffering huge losses from oil protests
Mortgage meltdown – Mar 25
Mortgage crisis overwhelming credit counselors
Foreclosures Force Suburbs to Fight Blight
Subprime lenders push back
Council tenants fall victim to predatory lenders
US Federal Reserve: We could have done more
