Transition – June 26
Transition movement vs post-carbonistas
The Transition Initiative: changing the scale of change, from The Orion magazine
Transition Hohenwald: Rural Community Targets Energy Efficiency
Media & Communications
Peak oil, prices, and supplies – June 26
Which Matters Most? The Size of the Tap or the Tank?
Peak oil: myth or reality?
German-language “Global Oil Briefing No.5” now online
Climate & environment – June 26
Uganda ‘at risk’ of losing all its forests
Growth of global carbon emissions halved in 2008, say Dutch researchers
The Pacific isn’t the only ocean collecting plastic trash
Green shoots or rotten tomatoes: what are we “recovering” anyway?
World Bank: Whoops!
Economic Recovery: Are Happy Days Here Again?
Toward a New Sustainable Economy
Vision 2050: A Sustainable future for Cheshire West and Chester
This Vision for a Sustainable West Cheshire is intended to guide the Cheshire West and Chester Authority (CW&C) in taking decisions about the future of the area. It is centred on the premise that if we are to achieve a truly sustainable community by 2050 the direction of travel set now must be right.
Transport – June 25
U.S. Stimulus Puts Bullet Trains on the Fast Track
Don’t Fight The Powerful Trends Now Underway
Pump Prices Driving More to Mass Transit
Solutions & sustainability – June 25
Transitioning to a post-peak oil world
What Can Happen When a Transition Initiative and its Local Government Work Together: the Stroud Story
A Look at Peak Oil Preparation Plans from Around the World
Thinking Local Part I: Bringing the Sheep Back
Recession generation? Young adults brace for simpler lifestyle
Food & agriculture – June 25
Adventures in Urban Farming
Lettuce From the Garden, With Worms
Experimental Farm Increases Ecosystem Services – Study
Web & media – June 24
Transition Web project: recommendations report
FTC plans to monitor blogs for claims, payments
A review of three ‘sort-of’ post-oil novels
UK & Europe – June 24
Monbiot: Any real effort on climate change will hurt. Start with the easy bits: war toys
The Griffin Has Landed
Spare me that rubbish about your ‘rights’
Deep thought – June 24
My Home, My Shadow Home: Where We Really Live
The financial return on energy invested
The “Export Land Model” in English: NET is what matters, not gross
United States – June 23
The War Over Waxman-Markey
The War Against the ‘War on Drugs’
Opposition to the food safety bills
From the Ashes of ’69, a River Reborn (Ohio’s Cuyahoga – the “burning river”)
Destroying Levees in a State Usually Clamoring for Them
