Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
I was so stimulated to be among people who had chosen to take a course in environmental leadership that I found myself being outraged and confrontational when they ran contrary to my expectations. I succumbed to being “greener than thou”.
Living in expectation of this civilizationās collapse, which I do, can be isolating. Itās like having historical-epochal halitosis. You donāt get invited back to dinner parties after trying to engage people on the topic of our imminent decline and fall.
What would eco-cities look like? /
Caught in the money trap? Break free / Test tube meat nears dinner table / My children, the food experiment / Zen and the art of dumpster diving
Klare: The Permanent Energy Crisis /
EIA: International Energy Outlook 2006 /
Donald Fournier: Oil depletion and the US Army /
The Commodity Boom
What can we learn from innovative approaches to addiction that might prove to be useful tools for weaning communities off oil? Reader feedback and further thoughts.
Peak Oil and Climate Change are unprecedented global challenges. Four energy transition scenarios are presented to help guide dialogue and decision making: Lean Economy, Collapse, Techno-Markets, Burnout.
Online papers about energy and the environment by Odum, Tainter and many others. Proceedings of the Second Biennial International Workshop “Advances in Energy Studies” (Italy 2000).
At the core of almost all our work is a rather simple principle: Make the right choice the easy choice
BREAKING: Sheriff’s deputies evicting South Central farmers now / Sustainable architecture can reduce CO2 /
Food, energy woes can change people’s ideas of community / Organizing to break US oil addition – July Indiana conference /
5 alternatives to an oil-based economy
Japan tries to cut down on plastic bags /
Pollution from Chinese coal casts a global shadow /
Top 100 ecological questions from UK policy makers / Global warming could make Canada an agricultural powerhouse while the U.S. becomes a dustbowl / Book review: “Big Coal”
Now that Greenspan is retired he seems to be prepared to voice some hard truths. After watching the video of his testimony, I felt he was trying to give a strong warning about an increasingly unpleasant future. (Video and partial transcript)
What we can learn from innovative approaches to addiction that might prove to be useful tools for weaning communities off oil?
