Peak phosphorus: readings
Background on the phosphorus problem and possible responses.
Culture & Behavior
How vulnerable to oil shocks are we, really?
Many pundits claim that the absence of severe consequences from oil price hikes were due to a growing independence of GDP creation from oil in our more efficient and more service-oriented economies. To what extent this is really true, and at what point will serious consequences set in?
Ethical consumption: consumer driven or political?
“If ethical consumption campaigns are to succeed they need to transform the infrastructures of every day consumption rather than focusing on changing individual consumer behaviour”.
Water – Aug 8
Bottled water: the triumph of marketing finally gets the scrutiny it deserves
Queensland may continue outdoor watering
Cities in the deindustrial future
One of the most common assumptions about the world after peak oil is that cities will become deathtraps and only isolated rural communities have a chance at survival. Does this rarely questioned belief require a hard second look?
Escape From Suburbia: beyond the American dream
A review of the new Peak Oil documentary and an interview with its director.
Deep thought – Aug 7
Insurgent American
Sharon Astyk de-constructs
The really inconvenient truth
In dusty archives, a theory of affluence
Media – Aug 6
Eco-couple go prime time: they spread the word on “Wife Swap”
Blame the media for climate woes: analysis
Facebook and “object-centered sociality”
Meeting best friends for the first time
Community – Aug 5
BBC: Towns prepare for ‘peak oil’ point
Review: Escape from Suburbia
In pursuit of sustainable communities
Dysfunction – Aug 5
When will the next bridge collapse?
Bridge collapse spotlights America’s deferred maintenance
Were bison one of globalization’s first victims?
We of the Neverland (childishness is in fashion)
Water – Aug 5
NYT: In praise of tap water
A river ran through it: Australia’s Murray
The emerging global freshwater crisis
Lake Ontario & St. Lawrence River after PO
Post-peak dam maintenance, or lack thereof
Nuclear – Aug 5
The high cost of going nuclear
Why Not Nuclear Power?
Hindu nationalists slam US deal
No-bid decommissioning contract raises eyebrows
