Terra Preta – May 18
Scientific American: Inspired by ancient Amazonians, a plan to convert trash into environmental treasure
New website for technical information and discussions of Terra Preta
Food
Biofuels – May 15
Tough bacteria may hold promise for biofuel
Algal biodiesel: fact or fiction?
Chomsky on ethanol
Food & agriculture – May 14
Terra Preta in Nature: A handful of carbon
New York barges into sustainable urban farming
Milk production peaking
Solutions & sustainability – May 14
8am: Shower. Save the water. Save the planet
Heinberg, Pollan, Kingsolver on PO and sustainable food
Mental health benefits of natural, low-cost ecotherapy
52 Weeks of Energy Cuts: #3 Make it yourself
Corn ethanol – May 13
Hershey mired in chocolate mess (corn prices)
Ethanol seen chomping into corn crops
USDA economist projects 58% growth in ethanol
Food preservation and democracy
Not only is independence worth striving for because it is good for us, our nation and our families, but also because someday we may depend on these skills and knowledge – and right now we might have a better country if we did this.
Biofuels – May 9
Former weed may fill world’s fuel tanks (jatropha)
Rising fears of an ethanol bust
Global rush to energy crops threatens to bring food shortages and increase poverty, says UN
Ethanol has a smoggy side
Energy Charter Secretariat report on biofuels
…and he built a carbon house
Food & agriculture – May 9
Urban farms empower Africa
B.C. First Nations returning to agricultural roots
Switch to organic crops could help poor
High hopes for native sandalwood (Australia)
Peak oil – May 9
Big Oil running out of oil
Review of Pfeiffer’s Eating Fossil Fuels
Gas gouging legislation – finding scapegoats
Maersk: oil production in North Sea at peak
ODAC News May 9 (JUST ADDED)
Renewables – May 8
Jet stream could fill global energy needs, say researchers
How a market for sustainable bio-energy is being developed
Farmer: Renewable is not a synonym for sustainable
Food & agriculture – May 7
Questioning the compost supply chain
100-mile diet: ‘Food mile’ foibles.
As the climate warms, gentler plants move in
Please Lord, not the bees
Astyk: No more scrod
Could the mysterious agricultural techniques of an ancient Amazonian civilization make New Zealand farming more competitive?
Food & agriculture – May 6
seedPOD: A “Wikiseedia” for the future of food and farming
Honeybee die-off threatens food supply
Farming will make or break the food chain
