Urban issues – June 27
Civic problems the SAME around the world / World urban issues at your fingertips / Forget slum dwellers, ‘the problem is Donald Trump’ / Interactive map – urban growth
Urban Design
CPULs – Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes – Andre Viljoen (2006)
Great book, terrible title. Andre Viljoen has put together a book of the most profound importance at this point in history. How will we feed our cities beyond the age of cheap oil?
Solutions & sustainability – June 25
Neighbourhood green spaces turned into affordable ‘edible’ landscapes / Greenpeace launch new film on decentralised energy / Bryant Terry, food-justice activist, answers readers’ questions /
“EcoCities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature” – new edition / “Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times” – new book
Environment – June 24
U.S. panel backs data on global warming / Moms, guilt, and climate catastrophe / Reduce aviation’s expansion or give up on tackling climate change / Norway sees N.Sea as CO2 dump, but legal hurdles /
US: Surge of population in the exurbs continues /
Getting to the [climate change] holdouts
Peak oil – June 23
Friedman’s Addicted to Oil documentary this weekend on Discovery / Podcast – Kunstler: PO Impacts on Transportation and Cities / Michael Ruppert’s economic forecast / T. Boone Pickens on Charlie Rose / Yuba Gals “Peak Moment TV” on the road / James Schlesinger: Thinking seriously about energy and oil’s future
Portland blazes new trails for the peak oil world
A trip to the progressive city reveals why its citizens are leading the world in awareness of Peak Oil issues.
Solutions & sustainability – Jun 21
What would eco-cities look like? /
Caught in the money trap? Break free / Test tube meat nears dinner table / My children, the food experiment / Zen and the art of dumpster diving
Solutions & sustainability – June 19
BBC: Finding green in the concrete jungle / California: The Vampire Slayer (Act of 2006) /
Norway launches global seed bank /
Some farmers trade tractors for animals
Our Future(s)
Peak Oil and Climate Change are unprecedented global challenges. Four energy transition scenarios are presented to help guide dialogue and decision making: Lean Economy, Collapse, Techno-Markets, Burnout.
Solutions & sustainability – Jun 16
Interview with Richard Gilbert – city planning for peak oil /
CSIRO Sustainability Network Newsletter #59 /
Permaculture: brewing a greener lifestyle /
The Great Turning: Creating Local Solutions And Earth Community /
Video: Joanna Macy on the Great Turning
Solution: cities for walking and cycling
Bike boulevards: Portland cyclists have streets to call their own / Why Scots are getting on their bikes / Are our cities making us fat? / Minister: China must back-pedal on anti-bike policy / Bicycle round-up / Riding a bicycle can save the world /
Transport experts have seen the future, and it’s got pedals
Solutions & sustainability – June 14
BREAKING: Sheriff’s deputies evicting South Central farmers now / Sustainable architecture can reduce CO2 /
Food, energy woes can change people’s ideas of community / Organizing to break US oil addition – July Indiana conference /
5 alternatives to an oil-based economy
