Clothing – Apr 27
Clothing stores feel sharp economic pinch
The end of cheap clothes is near
Thrift shops – a wardrobe essential
Gardening in the nude (or new use for rhubarb)
Food
Garden – Apr 25
Stand by your beds – guerrilla gardening
Warming shifts gardeners’ maps
Pasadena family finds change can start in your own backyard
Peak clothing – Apr 24
BBC: The end of cheap clothes is near
The Joy of Socks
Food & flowerpots – Apr 24
Shops ration sales of rice as US buyers panic
Plastic garden pots trashing the planet?
Biofuels – Apr 24
Brown sounds retreat on biofuels
How biofuels could starve the poor
Why more food is not the answer
The world wants more food – a lot more food – but the planet will not be able to provide it. A groundbreaking United Nations report was released last week that presents an alternative paradigm for agriculture – at a very timely moment.
Food & agriculture – Apr 23
Biofuels starving our people – South American leaders
WSJ: When neighbors become farmers
Many Wisconsin dairy farmers switch to grazing
We regret to inform you…
When climate change and peak oil thinkers run out of other things to worry about, there’s always the endless, inevitable debates about whether we are facing a “fast crash” or a “slow grind.” When no one was looking, we got an answer. Fast crash wins. And we’re in it now.
Large-scale biofuel production may increase marginalization of women
Rapid increases in the large-scale production of liquid biofuels in developing countries could exacerbate the marginalization of women in rural areas threatening their livelihoods, according to a study by the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).
Disaster in progress: North America’s home heating transition
The move to alternative sources of heat will put pressure on the remaining forests in North America . This transition will also threaten the climate and air quality as coal-burning expands, and it could push grain prices higher as homeowners compete for increasingly scarce grain to feed grain-burning furnaces. Electricity may also become a source of heat, potentially threatening the electrical grid.
Food & agriculture – Apr 22
Japan’s hunger a dire warning for other nations
Food rationing in breadbasket of the world
International agriculture assessment: we need a paradigm shift
Role of Potash as strategic resource
Amid strong farm economy, some dire signs
Solutions & sustainability – Apr 22
Green issue of NY Times Magazine
Cuban permaculturalist visits Australia
Seattle’s Local Food Action Initiative a cure for society’s ills?
Life (mostly) off the grid
Ontario set to veto ban on clotheslines
