Farming faces phosphate shortfall
Global reserves of phosphorous, essential for agriculture, could run out in 60 to 100 years, warn experts. [According to a related paper, phosphorous has already passed its peak of production.]
Food
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 17
Local groups use peer pressure – and fines – to cut carbon emissions
Harvest the rain; build a rain garden
Sweden’s sustainable finance system
Hey kids, check out these energy-saving tips
Agriculture – Oct 17
Harvest: Around the world in crops (photos)
World Bank neglects African farming
The challenges of Chinese organics
Climate change creating jobs (in agriculture)
Food – Oct 17
Barriers keep fresh, organic food out of school lunches
How does Alice Waters’ message play in the Heartland?
Do food miles make a difference to global warming?
Renewables – Oct 17
Prospects for organic solar cells damaged By questionable reports
Human waste can help save planet: Indian expert
California fuels expert Alex Farrell makes case for low carbon fuel standard
Renewables – Oct 16
A carbon-negative fuel (gasification and terra preta)
High hopes for renewable power from Earth’s depths
Lovins: Global warming and peak oil are irrelevant (efficiency)
Deep thought – Oct 14
Farm work vs. gardening- what makes work unpleasant?
Think-tank confidential
The pain of caring too much about the Earth’s death
Gandalf, Gunpowder and Neil Gaiman’s cats (hope and doom)
Food & agriculture – Oct 13
Eating kangaroo could cut gas emissions
How Malawi went from a nation of famine to a nation of feast
A conversation with Michael Pollan
Wheat prices surge to daily maximum
Study: for most efficient land use, add a little meat
A low-fat vegetarian diet is very efficient in terms of how much land is needed to support it. But adding some dairy products and a limited amount of meat may actually increase this efficiency, Cornell researchers suggest.
Biofuels – Oct 11
Nature: Kill King Corn
UN rapporteur calls for biofuel moratorium
NRC panel sees problems in ethanol production
Ethanol push could threaten water supplies
Peak oil – Oct 10
Van Jones: ‘Grow the comfort zone’
Heinberg attacks airlines’ bid to fly more Kiwis
Hubbert Linearization applied on Ghawar
BBC-Wales: Peak oil, local food and transition
Think oil can’t go higher? Think again
News Round-up from TOD:Canada
ODAC News
Food & agriculture – Oct 10
Grist special series on food and farming
You grow up, change your life, travel a million miles – the spirit of this food stays with you
Rent-a-Grandma: Keepers of culinary roots teach a generation lost to cooking
