Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies
White House May Postpone Auctioning Emissions
Reconciliation For Carbon Emissions?
Mayor Gregor Robertson lends support to UBC Farm, flags peak oil
Former Oilsands Exec Named Head of Climate Working Group
The Great Biodiesel Shutdown
Corndoggle
International Biochar Initiative Newsletter March 2009
Declaration: ‘Biochar’, a new big threat to people, land, and ecosystems
A bird in the yard is worth two in the shop
Urban Foraging – a Rising, Sustainable Fad
Fighting the recession, armed with seeds
New England’s sugar country confronts a bitter future as the climate warms
Slum cooker protects environment, helps poor
TOD: What are YOU Changing (*if anything), Individually, Locally, Nationally, etc?
Walking restores the world and humanity
Post Carbon Newsletter #48, March 2009
Great Depression Cooking with 93-year-old Clara Cannucciari
Small farms fear bearing brunt of new food safety regulations
Backyard Revolution(video and transcript)
Ice bridge holding Antarctic ice shelf cracks up
California faces greater risk from global warming
Arctic meltdown is a threat to humanity
Climate Change Changes Everything
American ingenuity in Haiti (composting toilets)
To urban hunter, next meal is scampering by
Small farms, big rules
Loggers try to adapt to greener economy
One way or another, we’re going to have to deal with the fact that in the US, the major source of manure comes from an animal with two legs, a large brain and a beer can ;-). There is a very good chance that in the next few decades we will no longer have the option of treating our manures as waste. The project of readapting our infrastructure to use them should be a priority, because of the terrible consequences of not carefully handling human outputs.
‘Wild Blessings’: Wendell Berry’s passions, reframed (new play)
Second edition of Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway (home-scale permaculture)
The many faces of relocalization
Real world energy decisions (personal experiences)
Powerdown Toolkit #6: Deconstructing Dinner
Farmers Face Growing Climate Change Dilemma: Scientist
Forging a Hot Link to the Farmer Who Grows the Food
Why the White House garden matters
A growing interest at Statehouse
How can we continue feeding humanity in a future of declining resources and environmental crisis? This 41-page report explores the growing vulnerabilities of the global food system, and the steps needed to transition to a post-carbon food system.
Rise In Frugality Leads To Drop In Trash Collection
SXSW FILM: Garbage Dreams
Large agriculture operations add billions to our economy but what price are we paying?
