Climate – June 23
Global warming may uproot millions
Darfur heralds era of wars triggered by climate change
Tropical, not Canadian, forests absorb greenhouse gases
Culture & Behavior
Deep thinking – June 23
Can we be happy using less energy? Uhh..YES!
Constitutionally unsuited to the 21st century
Unlucky to have a job
The company we keep (business organization)
India & China – June 23
Just what overcrowded, polluted India didn’t need… the $3,000 car
Displacing farmers: India will have 400 million agricultural refugees
Carbon emissions: China no longer has any excuse to wait
Solutions & sustainability – June 20
New age town in U.S. embraces dollar alternative
Notes on the Midwest Renewable Energy Fair
Alex Steffen: Limits and brilliance
Peak oil – June 20
Behavioral aspects of peak oil
Radio Free Europe: Clock ticking on global oil supply
Pay attention to oil price naysayers (TOD)
Crude-oil benchmarks’ ties go awry
Bezdek on ABC
Solutions & sustainability – June 15
Cornell students unite to create “State of the Planet” course
Astyk: Could rationing be made palatable?
Organic food revive fortunes of Europe’s farmers
Solutions & sustainability – June 13
Transition Towns on BBC’s “You and Yours”
No Impact Man plugs “Riot for Austerity”
Helping planners set a context for local emission reduction targets
Intel and Google’s energy drive
Deep thinking – June 12
The Shockwave Rider
Monthly Review: A new war on the planet?
Ancient innovations for present conventions toward extinction
A depopulation explosion?
Predictions of mass dieoff have been one of the staples of peak oil narratives since the concept first surfaced. A look at the likely outcome of today’s mismatch between population and resources suggests a more nuanced view.
Solutions & sustainability – June 10
Cyclists peel off clothes to push pedaling and protest oil
21 principles for the 21st century
Biofuels, diapers and sails – oh my!
New episodes of Peak Moment television
The official story: A lesson in how to undermine it
How come the peak oil story isn’t center stage in the American consciousness? A critical reason: The peak oil movement has been focused mainly on selling a new narrative to the public without first dislodging the existing one.
The revolution will not be blogged, either
We have spent several centuries asking, “Can we do it?” And often enough the answer was a resounding, “Yes we can!” But instead, what we need to ask is this – Should we do it?
