Solutions & sustainability – Jan 19
Iceland: “It will fix itself”
‘Food Security’ in Boise
Top 7 alternative energies listed
Politics
United States – Jan 19
Krugman’s letter to Obama
Wind, ethanol cloud our difficult energy choices
Reelin’ in the Green
Transport – Jan 19
Bill Would Allow Bicyclists to Legally Roll Through Stop Signs
Students, communities pay when schools cut busing
Expensive oil means end of roads – why include them in stimulus?
Hope and fear
Mr. Obama’s first task taking stage in the lonely Oval Office should be to get right with his own credo of “change,” meaning he’ll have to persuade the broad American public that the “change” required to salvage this society runs much deeper, colder, and thicker than they’d imagine in their initial transports over hallelujah-Bush-is-Gone. Many of the familiar touchstones of the recent American experience have got to go.
Turmoil – Jan 18
Eastern Europe braced for a violent ‘spring of discontent’
Study looks at mortality in post-Soviet era (importance of community)
Military report raises concerns about social unrest fueled by globalization, urbanization
The new ecology of war (Mike Davis interview)
ODAC Newsletter – 16 Jan
A weekly update from a UK perspective
Food & agriculture – Jan 16
Strategies for Community Food Security: The Local Foods Coop
Hope and the new USDA chief
Sustainable Table suggests sustainable food for thought
The Real New Deal
Post Carbon Institute’s proposal for the Obama Administration’s response to economic, environmental, and energy challenges.
Housing & urban design – Jan 15
Road Worriers
Choosing What Our Cities Will Look Like in a World Without Oil
Toward a New American Infrastructure
Transport – Jan 15
Game changer
Ray LaHood and Changing our Thinking About Transportation
Shipping rates hit zero as trade sinks
Peak Oil Notes – Jan 15
A mid-week update on peak oil, featuring:
– Prices continute to slip
– OPEC keeps trying
Deep thought – Jan 15
Embracing Petrocollapse
A New Kind of Big Science
Seven Grams CO2 per Google Search? Not True or Relevant, but Fun To Repeat
