Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Prices, Production and Exports
– Electricity Shortages and Diesel
– Rice, Inflation and Oil
– Massachusetts Hosts a Meeting
– Energy Briefs
There are plenty of marginalized “alternatives” advocates who for decades have been researching and promoting low-energy ways of doing things that will make perfect sense in a post-petroleum environment. What if these folks could be mobilized and coordinated, their knowledge made readily available to local officials and the public at large, in preparation for the imminent period when existing systems start to fail in ever more obvious ways?
Whatever anyone can say about Pharoahs, the one in the Bible story of Joseph seems to have a laudable sense of obligation to his own populace – a sense of obligation that wildly exceeds the leaders of many nations, who have allowed grain stockpiles to collapse in times of comparative prosperity.
Recyclers suffer from clutter
Are you a cloth bag snob?
Living off the fat of the land: grease theft
Cheap solar panels and dodgy installations
Food riots fear after rice price hits a high
Dallas News: The up side of high food prices
How much food can I grow around my house?
Backyard beekeeping
One of the more interesting developments in Australian agriculture over the past decade has been the growing influence of the permaculture movement. Whether you’re talking sustainable water and land management, integrated pest control or organic fertiliser, the holistic approach of permaculture is gradually moving into mainstream farming. (Video of “best permaculture demonstration site in Australia”: Brookman Food Forest)
Saudi plans to import wheat to save water
In Poland, ‘green’ fields besieged
Cuba’s organic revolution – will it survive?
As production of biofuels increase to counter dependence on foreign oil and high fuel prices, some scientists worry that the world’s phosphorus supply will slowly diminish, limiting our ability to grow crops and forcing fertilizer prices through the roof.
Dead zone plan adrift (9 states cause 75% of N & P pollution in Gulf of Mexico)
Land once preserved now being farmed
Rice jumps to record, corn near high
Why localism matters
A ‘perfect storm’ of hunger
Food price hikes changing U.S. eating habits
Urban backyard chickens
Square trees grow in New Hampshire
Zero in locally to create a sustainable world
A citizen’s guide to Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs)
Organizing without organizations – social tools
Health & sustainability conference (climate/PO)
Guardian: An unsustainable scam
Norway forests to double bioenergy output
Specially-designed soils could help combat climate change
World Bank climate profiteering
