Food & agriculture – Dec 18
Scenario 2020: The Future of Food in Mendocino County
In “eat local” movement, Cuba is years ahead
Feeding the world sustainably demands new approach to farming and food
Michael Pollan On Vilsack, Agriculture — And Food
Politics
New deal – Dec 17
Richard Heinberg on the Green New Deal
The Crisis: An Opportunity to Save the Planet
The newer deal for a newer world
Peak oil review – Dec 15
A weekly review including:
– Prices and production
– The December 17th OPEC meeting
– Obama’s energy team
– Automobiles
– Briefs
A green scorecard for stimulating the economy
In evaluating an economic recovery package, the new U.S. administration and Congress must weigh any proposed spending – on highways or mass transit or wind-power transmission routes – on the basis of clear criteria that would assess just how green the projects will be.
On looking ahead – Dec 15
Sharon Astyk’s 2009 Predictions
Kunstler: Change You Won’t Believe
Tom Friedman discusses foreign policy, green, and other ‘stachey matters
United Kingdom & Europe – Dec 15
Greece: How police shooting of a teenage boy rallied the ‘€700 generation’
If we’re going to spend, then let’s invest in Britain’s future
This won’t deliver without a global deal
Solutions & sustainability – Dec 15
Ecotopia: The Novel That Predicted Portland
A Yankee Model for Sustainability
Green gifts are made locally to last
Bright Neighbor uses online barter system to build community
Peak oil warfare: community security strategy
When talking of security, we must first understand that security does not necessarily equate to military solutions. Community (or National) security includes many different aspects, the most significant of which are economics, diplomacy, information, and military power.
Deep thought – Dec 14
Hubbert: king of the Technocrats
Astyk: Why Failure is normal, and should be part of the plan…but isn’t
A distant mirror: Ireland’s great famine
New Scientist: Top 10 environment articles in 2008
United States – Dec 12
Energy secretary pick argues for new fuel sources
A Past President’s Advice to Obama: Act With Haste
Obama starts filling energy team
Hurdles, opportunities for ‘green’ stimulus
Browner to get the nod as Obama’s top energy and climate adviser
Christine Todd Whitman talks about greening the GOP and running the EPA
ODAC Newsletter – Dec 12
A weekly round-up from a UK perspective
Dissensus and organic process
Following on last week’s discussion of the lessons of evolution, the Archdruid explores the need for organic processes in preparing for the end of the industrial age, and the value of dissensus — the deliberate avoidance of consensus as a way to broaden options and foster creativity.
