Solutions & sustainability – June 5
Passing of Father Thomas Berry, noted ecological thinker
It Isn’t Nice
A Promise to Be Ethical in an Era of Immorality
Media & Communications
Climate & environment – June 5
It matters to us and to the 1.5 billion people in Asia: Dixit
Forest carbon market already shows cracks
California forests hold one answer to climate change
Nicholas Stern’s heresy: conceding the West’s climate burden
Obama’s speech to the Mideast
Obama’s Middle East Speech: VIDEO, Full Text
Using New Language, President Shows Understanding for Both Sides in Middle East
Obama’s Cairo speech
Shibley Telhami on Obama’s Historic Speech
Energy descent and transition in Mexico, part 1
“In Mexico nothing happens, until it happens.” This is an old proverb here, and it can also easily apply to the current situation. Everything feels tranquilo and smooth, as if it is nothing out of the ordinary. However, as history shows us, once something begins in Mexico, it generally develops rapidly, and can end up being intensely spectacular.
Mike Ruppert reviews Carolyn Baker’s “Sacred Demise”
In the rare instances where I come across a book that is a feast for the mind and soul I wrestle with it as with a lover. Pages get dog-eared, the pen comes out and notes appear all over. Great passages are underlined. There are coffee and wine stains. This marks my affair with a great book. “Sacred Demise” is the first such book I have read in many years.
Look on the Bright Side
Recently I’ve begun compiling a list of things to be cheerful about. Here are some items that should bring a smile to any environmentalist’s lips:
Earth 2100 – June 4
Special documentary by ABC – ‘Earth 2100’: the Final Century of Civilization?
Reviews by peak oilers
United States – June 4
Technology seen key to oil sands: Chu
Waxman Irks Allies by Bargaining With Companies on Climate Bill
Climate Bill Earmarks $500M for Clean Coal
Deep thought – June 3
Apathy threatens humanity, ex-Clinton aide says
Ten reasons why population control can’t stop climate change
‘Generation Green’ Environmentally Oblivious
Housing & urban design – June 3
Setting the pace to create the greenest building ever
Car-Driven Society Poses Health Risk for Americans
Bryn Davidson on Peak Oil, Climate Change and Transportation at the 2009 Art Center Sustainable Mobility Summit
Media & persuasion – June 2
Communicating Transition
Empathy Marketing 101
Miller-McCune Receives Utne Independent Press Award
Volunteer translation checkers wanted
The Post Carbon translation team is currently seeking fluent speakers of Italian, French, Czech, Croatian, or German to spend just an hour or two checking translations of works by Post Carbon Institute authors for accuracy.
