Transport – July 27
– Questioning the direction of transportation policy
– Recession brings sharp fall in UK road deaths
– Relocalizing Vermont: We Just Paid $3,500 for Poultney Man’s 18 mpg Truck
Media & Communications
Desertec: power to the people or just another mirage? – July 27
– Matthias Reinig on Desertec Industrial Initiative
– Desertec Solar Project Shows That Green Investors Can’t Afford to be Too Green If They Want to Make $$
– European power from the desert is a Fata Morgana
– Stewart Taggart at Desertec-Australia on clean power from deserts worldwide
Boiling The Frog: Nuclear Optimism Hides True Costs Till It’s Too Late
There is a well-known story about how to boil a frog. If you try to throw a frog into a pot already boiling, he’ll jump out. However, put a frog into a pot and slowly raise the temperature – and you get frog legs for dinner.
Economics – July 24
Green Economics and how it might work
Washington’s Dilemma
Arnold Schwarzenegger in last-minute deal to save broke California
Deep thought – July 24
Global Power and Global Government: Evolution and Revolution of the Central Banking System Part 1
Candide’s Garden
Resilient Cities – planners post their vision
The recolonialization of Africa? – July 23
China’s Wide Reach in Africa
The new scramble for Africa
Congo-Kinshasa: Firms Fuelling ‘Conflict Minerals’ Violence, Report Says
Peak Moment 148: Finding an Ecovillage / Sacred Activism — Love, Grief, and Empowerment
Diana Leafe Christian, author of Finding Community: How to join an Ecovillage or Intentional Community, zeros in on how to find an ecovillage. Bob Banner, publisher of Hopedance magazine, shares insights from Andrew Harvey’s Sacred Activism workshop: “What breaks your heart, what you really love, is the thing that will sustain you…
Food Crisis and the G8 – July 20
G8 Summit: Feed the Hungry or Fuel Hunger?
G8 Calls for Decisive Action to End Hunger, Recognizes Role of CAADP and AGRA at L’Aquila Summit
U.S. working group on the food crisis statement on the G8 in L’aquila, Italy
HOME documentary – Earth’s unsustainable energy and environmental situation – with critical review
The film HOME by Yann Arthus-Bertrand is a beautifully shot panorama of the Earth and the damage done to it by modern humanity.
