Culture & Behavior

United States & Canada – Oct 6

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NYT’s Friedman discusses solutions to world’s climate, energy, and population problems (video & transcript)
Politics of drilling, financial bailout heading into elections (video & transcript)
Fukuyama: The Fall of America, Inc.
Ok, Now What?
Atlanta Q&A: Why gasoline supplies went south

In defense of the family farm

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I have in mind… the one example known to me of an American community of small family farmers who have not only survived but thrived during some very difficult years: I mean the Amish. I do not recommend, of course, that all farmers should become Amish, nor do I want to suggest that the Amish are perfect people or that their way of life is perfect. What I want to recommend are some Amish principles

Deep thought – Oct 5

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Worldchanging and the American future
Nashville’s gas crisis: inside the Metro bunker? (satire)
Receding horizons for alternative energy supplies
Richard Leakey: the end of the world as we know it
The slow erosion of heart and soul
Implications of fossil fuel constraints on economic growth and global warming

How to create change In your community: finding or forming a local group

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When we live locally and strengthen our communities, we become stronger and better able to adapt to changes in the economy, climate, and energy availability. But we discuss much about how to go about this. So… how do you create change in your community? And how do you form a group of people who can tackle these community needs?

Review: Depletion and Abundance by Sharon Astyk

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Why are so few peak oil authors women? There’s been much debate about this, and no one has yet arrived at a definitive answer. But whatever the reason, Sharon Astyk has established herself as a true rarity within the peak oil community by virtue of being a woman who has chosen to write about peak oil. The perspective that she offers is thus both uncommon and vital.