Solutions & sustainability – Mar 1
Swiss doctor walks for Mother Earth
McKibben: First, step up
Swiss people power prepares to fight global warming
One nation under Elvis: An environmentalism for us all
Technology
Online resources – Feb 27
Encyclopedia of Life – to catalog 1.8M species
Harvard research to be free online
Everybody’s jumping on the solar bandwagon
Solar energy growth fantasies that allow us to power our plug-ins and keep the lights on without disruption are not helpful in making the stepwise changes we will need to get us to 2050 all in one piece.
Deep thought – Feb 25
New Yorker: Big Foot (confusing morality and science)
I threw my fears to the wind (eco-activism and children)
Richard Smalley:
Imagine a world that’s energy-rich
David Ehrenfeld: Friendly fire
Renewables – Feb 20
Superiority of pragmatists over idealists
Wood makes a comeback
Turning a greenhouse gas into gasoline
Mike Huckabee on biofuels
Food & agriculture – Feb 16
Michael Pollan: The omnivore’s next dilemma
Energy Farms – blogging from the epicenter of relocalization
AI (Agricultural Intelligence)
Obesity – key driver for food localization?
Two reports at odds on biotech crops
Food & agriculture – Feb 7
Fermentation and food: The revolution will not be microwaved
Farming the Amazon with a machete and mulch
Homogeneous horror in agriculture
Bob Waldrop on local food systems
The birth of a farmers’ market
Up from dysfunction – Jan 31
Move it, you just might get younger
California to probe development of ‘green’ chemicals
From buses to blogs, a pathological individualism is poisoning public life
Dysfunction – Jan 22
Immigrants find help in fat-food nation
Fury in UK as fuel poverty soars close to a 10-year record
Plan for radio-controlled thermostats nixed
Some say bulbs threaten environment
Transport – Jan 22
Pledge to make UK landings and take-offs more fuel efficient
Tiny Tata Nano, big threat
Israel launches electric-car program
Food & agriculture – Jan 16
Soil Association bans nanomaterials
Death rates and food prices
Making more food with less (biointensive)
Mushrooms to the rescue in SF Bay oil spill
Fiber CSA’s: Do you know where your yarn has been?
Can sustainable agriculture feed the world?
Energy reduction – Jan 10
Home energy use gets a ‘smackdown’ on reality TV
Fluorescents coming – any other bright ideas?
Digital tools help users save energy
Utilities amp up push to slash energy use
