Moving our nation beyond petroleum
Thursday, May 13th, 2010 Posted in Human Impact, Environmental cleanup, appropriate technology, Politics, Energy, climate change, adaptation, peak oil | 1 Comment »Daphne Wysham on the opportunity presented by the Gulf Coast offshore drilling disaster.
Richard Heinberg comes to Rhode Island
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 Posted in Transition Towns, adaptation, climate change, peak oil | 1 Comment »Noted author and Post Carbon Institute Research FellowRichard Heinberg comes to Rhode Island beginning Monday, April 26. At 1:15pm, he will be giving a talk to the students of South Kingstown High School in South County. There is limited ...
The flood of 2010
Friday, April 9th, 2010 Posted in Environmental cleanup, Human Impact, Preparedness, climate change | 1 Comment »While sunny skies have dominated the past week in Rhode Island, many residents have spent long hours draining flooded basements and lugging damaged possessions out into the yard. The rivers have receded, now comes the FEMA aid applications, the salvage, ...
The Wrong Kind of Green
Saturday, March 6th, 2010 Posted in Charitable giving, Environmental cleanup, Denial, False Solutions, Politics, Conservation, ethics, climate change | 1 Comment »Johann Hari writes in The Nation on how the environmental movement has, for decades, been co-opted by corporate interests. A must-read for anyone that wants to know the real rules of the game.
Martenson on Copenhagen and economic growth: you can’t have both
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 Posted in Politics, Human Impact, Denial, Economy, Education, climate change, adaptation, renewable energy | No Comments »Since Chris Martenson published his illuminating and essential Crash Course, his general essays have been few and far between. This new piece is equally important, and examines how the goals of the Copenhagen agreement are at odds with conventional ideas ...
In Transition 1.0
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 Posted in Urban solutions, Transition Towns, Organizing, Energy, Relocalization, general, adaptation, Community, climate change | No Comments »This is part one. Many thanks to our friends in the UK for making this film freely available. More info at Transition United States and our site, Transition Rhode Island:
Annie Leonard on Cap and Trade
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 Posted in False Solutions, Politics, climate change | No Comments »Monbiot on the rigging of global warming
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Posted in Denial, Human Impact, climate change | No Comments »George Monbiot writes in The Guardian about the climate scientists' email scandal, and offers evidence of "the larger conspiracy." Underground Arctic reactors melting polar ice, orbiting lasers destroying glaciers.....who knew?
The Guardian:More heat than light from climate scientists email uproar
Monday, November 23rd, 2009 Posted in Denial, Politics, climate change | No Comments »Bob Ward takes a look at the hacked email "scandal" in this piece in The Guardian. A mostly complacent and ill-informed public could do without more confusion right now, in the run-up to Copenhagen.