Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Darley: Relocalization for architects and developers /
Preparation for the future (thoughts For 30-somethings) /
A visit to the Eden project … Wow / Sustainable architecture can reduce CO2 / Is the battle for South Central Farm near a close? / HP cuts back on telecommuting / TIME: Lure of the 100-mile diet /
Gathering highlights power of the blog
One day soon, America will wake up from its infotainment-fueled sleepwalk and start desperately looking for answers to the predicament it finds itself in. A lot of that will revolve around the basic question of where we live, and how things in it are arranged. When that wake-up occurs, the New Urbanists will be ready, reliable, confident, and congenial as always — something like our country used to be.
Investment implications of an abrupt climate change / Al Gore on “Fresh Air” and ABC / Desert cities are living on borrowed time, UN warns
Critics blast Al Gore’s documentary as ‘realistic’ (The Onion) / College Republicans run a “global cooling” snow cone stand /
America’s obsession with that green patch in the yard
Regardless of when you think global oil production will peak, planning for a low oil future starts now, writes Elliot Fishman.
Energy-hungry nations also most wasteful / Forget gas; we meed a plan to keep passenger trains rolling / Railroading Amtrak / Car culture in BC: Our toxic love affair /
High-rise residents big energy guzzlers / Computer server efficiency hot topic
Ottawa absent at major climate change conference / Global warming might not be so bad, if we keep our cool /
Sprawl outruns lofty experiment (Biosphere 2)
“Freegans” forage for food in bins / Sustainability conference June 10-11 in Seattle / Richard Register’s proposal for a global rebuilding program / Micropatronage – a new way to finance innovation /
UK: Eco villages springing up all over / Evangelical Virginia farmer sees a revolution against industrial agriculture / Growing hope (gardening in Guantanamo) /
An evening in Peter Harper’s garden / Building with hemp
Planet Of Slums (links) /
China’s oil supply faces risks, expert says /
Saudi oil output ‘dips to lowest in year’ /
Iran plays China card with Japan on oil deal /
Shi’ite faction menaces Iraq’s Basra oil exports
An Energy Vulnerability Summit in Petaluma, California, was perhaps the first time in history that local government officials have gotten together to learn about and discuss peak oil.
Kunstler: the suburban fantasy / Retired nuclear physicist traces his personal peak oil discovery process / Organizing to energize the community near Harvard / Report on the Energy Vulnerability Summit in N. California
A veteran of 40 years of demonstrations, the American folk singer’s latest campaign involves camping in a tree to save a 14-acre farm from the developers (South Central Farm in Los Angeles)
