Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Seven Kentucky colleges and universities, along with 13 state and community organizations, have organized a conference that speaks to the severe and imminent threats to sustainability that face our nation.
New Permaculture Activist focuses on peak oil /
“We have to get smart fast”: Learning from Balinese rice farmers /
Dovecote attractor – a mainstay of sustainability /
Sauntering toward a post-oil era: replacing cars with feet
"Try to image an airplane suddenly losing its engines. It was really a crash"… A crash that put Cuba into a state of shock. There were frequent blackouts in its oil-fed electric power grid, up to 16 hours per day. The average daily caloric intake in Cuba dropped by a third.
Smart friction-free sailing /
Lovins and other links /
Forgotten by many, a Brooklyn neighborhood nourishes its own /
How the feds make bad-for-you food cheaper than healthful fare (the cheap-corn policy)
The time has come at TransitionCulture to address one of the less palatable but, I think, more fascinating aspects of this whole energy descent business. What happens when it becomes too costly, unfeasible or, due to sudden disruptions to our energy supplies, impossible, to run our mains sewage system?
Ex-CIA director Woolsey on oil addiction and alternatives /
Good news: [natural] gas prices are up. Bad news: they’ll fall again /
Pain at the pump doesn’t faze new-car buyers /
Indian villages for sale /
Interview with Russian Minister of Industry and Energy Khristenko
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba had to deal with extreme energy and fertilizer shortages. Micheline Sheehy Skeffington gives us some insight into how they transformed their agriculture.
San Francisco examines power of dog droppings /
Making compost of infected flocks may curb spread of bird flu /
UK & Japan: Achieving a low carbon society /
Amazonian terra preta soil can transform poor soil into fertile, reduce carbon /
States are already pushing to end our addiction to oil
Cuba’s oil bid angers U.S. /
Bush wants new fuels, but cuts energy-saving program /
Farmers try to limit pain of high fuel prices /
Budget doesn’t allocate funds to build oil reserve /
The geopolitics of natural gas
Dream Farm: how to beat climate change & post fossil fuel economy /
In appreciation of small towns /
Neighbours in England have turned eco-guinea pigs /
Growing demand for organic produce helps young farmers /
Winds of climate change make their impact felt in many a boardroom /
Could we get by without new power?
Palm Oil — TOD Southeast Asia Report
Business Week: Food vs. Fuel
Biofuels could damage environment, stymie development, says report
Fueling a New Farm Economy
The hippies were right all along about happiness /
The end of suburbia – or the beginning of widespread permaculture? /
McKibben on eating local for the winter /
Saving small farmers /
Miguel Altieri on industrial agriculture and agroecology /
Magazine “reap/sow” for young food activists /
Bat or badger? It’s the roadkill recipe book
