Food & health – April 27
Contagion on a small planet (swine flu)
Australian food bowl on brink of $5bn catastrophe
Living off a dollar menu – you’ll pay for it in the long run
Food
Is food the last thing to worry about?
Our food system is woefully dependent on petroleum.Yet in the developed world, the food system may be one of the last to fail during energy descent. This isn’t to say that industrial, oil-based agriculture is invulnerable, let alone sustainable. But there are many reasons why our fears of a food collapse—particularly when they lead us to a go-it-alone, grow-your-own response—may be distracting us from focusing on more immediate and likely risks.
Peak Oil Review – April 27
A weekly roundup of Peak Oil news, including:
-Production and prices
-Natural gas
-Carbon
-Briefs
Food & agriculture – April 25
Rod Dreher’s big idea: raise chickens
Corporate couple become permaculture activists
Will recession spark global food crisis?
Don’t throw out the biochar baby with the bathwater
Deep thought – Apr 24
Deadly Sins Taking Toll on the Earth
From Studying Chimps, a Theory on Cooking
10 Big, Really Hard Things We Can Do to Save the Planet
Time to start growing your own bread
It is gratifying to know there are still Americans who, instead of wringing their hands at a possible problem headed their way, start figuring what to do about it. Self-reliant people are taking a look at what is happening in our financial world and wondering if it is time to plow up the backyard or that old horse lot and plant some food.
Climate & environment – Apr 23
Ban Carbon Emissions, Don’t Price them: Why Cap and Dividend is the Best Approach
Why CEOs want carbon laws
Panama rainforest growing back?
Food & agriculture – Apr 23
“Lunatic farmer” Salatin in new film, Food, Inc.
Eating can be energy-efficient, too
Shrinking Your ‘Cookprint’
13 Breathtaking Effects of Cutting Back on Meat
Economics – Apr 21
On Globalization, Economics, And The History of Food Crises
All Better Now?
Retirement Dreams Disappear With 401(k)s
Real GDP and the Oil Shock of 2007-08
Food & agriculture – Apr 21
How much greenhouse gas comes from food?
Marijuana Advocates Point to Signs of Change
Just $6bn Will Save a Generation From Starvation, Says UN
Solutions & sustainability – Apr 21
Is conflict prevention “green”?
Lose weight to help the planet, researchers recommend
Are the Life-boats Sinking
D.C. Area Families Take Green to the ExtremeHow Green Is My Bottle?
Deep thought – April 20
The end is near! (Yay!) (NY TImes on the Transition Movement)
Why we forgot how to grow food (UK Times)
Homer-Dixon: A doomsayer, and a father, with a heart of faint hope
Are there demand limits to growth?
Why isn’t the brain green?
