City Region Food Systems – Part IIIB – Scale and Production Strategy

By Michael W. Hamm, Food and Climate Change Network

I think many of those in both the ‘small and organic is beautiful’ and the ‘large and conventional farms should supply the food’ sides are unnecessarily strident and unrealistic in their thinking.

Showdown in Trans Pecos: Texas Ranchers Stand Up to Billionaires’ Export Pipeline

By Ben Jervey, DeSmog Blog

Mexico’s landmark energy reforms are already having impacts north of the border, and nowhere more acutely than Texas.

What climate change asks of us: moral obligation, mobilization and crisis communication

By Margaret Klein Salamon, The Climate Psychologist

To call forth an emergency response from people, we have to put them in the role of rescuer. We must make clear that (1) an emergency is unfolding and (2) YOU have a critical role in responding to it.

Who Will Carry Big Dividend Checks at the People’s Climate March?

By Mike Sandler, Huffington Post

There are many challenges in communicating about climate change and its best solution, a carbon price. It needs to be simple, allay economic fears, and convey universal fairness.