Housing & urban design – June 5
Planning for transport using peak oil and climate scenarios
Radiant City movie review: Life in the suburbs, if you can call it living
A flood of “oasis-changers” in Australia
Transportation
Transport – June 5
Sierra Club- eco-trips and global warming
Airlines told to eliminate emissions at conference
What’s the point of hydrogen-powered cars if there’s no fuel for them?
Food & agriculture – June 4
Its not just about food miles
Farming in the city
How to save cooking energy
Principle 18: Sustainable food
900 miles per gallon
What if I told you I had invented a vehicle that ran on organic vegetables, got the equivalent of over 900 miles per gallon, was completely carbon neutral, and produced no toxic by products.
Energy policy – June 4
ODAC News
Scientist David Fridley on energy, China and globalization
API blogger conference call on hurricane preparedness
Reliance on foreign gasoline is growing
Baghdad burns, Calgary booms
5 bucks a gallon to clear the mind
Road to nowhere?
Below are comments I presented before my local transportation planning agency concerning its 2030 plan [in which I question the assumption that liquid fuels will remain abundant and cheap]. I hope these comments will provide some ideas for those who want to comment on plans in their own locales.
The peak oil crisis: Preparing for depletion
There are two areas of energy consumption we, as individuals, can do something about: transportation and buildings.
Transport – May 31
A call to lower the speed limit to 55
Multi-billion rail plans in UK aimed at tackling congestion
Ryanair: climate campaigners hitting sales
Gas prices – May 31
Price-fixing: A numbers game that’s hard to win
Record gas prices amidst hyperconsumption and slaughter
Playing politics at the pump
Gas prices – May 30
Holidaymakers forced to take slow boat
Nobody wants to pay the price of going green
Pump prices hit home more in Kentucky
Gasoline to cause severe financial problems
Where does your food come from?
Do you know where your fish is from?
Has big business turned organics into ‘yuppy chow’?
British film-makers ask: what is the hidden cost of your £2 latte?
From a Chinese oil refinery to your Twinkie
The American Planning Association talks sustainability
As green building and alternative energy enjoy a new surge of interest and investment, planners have an important role to play in making sustainability possible in cities.
