The few, the proud….. the WELL (and Jason Bradford)
Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Relocalization, general, peak oil | No Comments »A couple of years ago, I started sharing the film The End of Suburbia with people in South County, loaning it to teachers at South Kingstown High School, screening it at Apeiron's Sustainable Living Expo, using it as a means ...
Must read: Retiring Energy CEO Says We are at Peak
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Energy, peak oil | No Comments »A transcript (audio at linked site) of an interview from ABC Australia that offers yet another voice (in this case, Dr. Jim Buckee of Canada's Talisman Energy) affirming that we are at the peak of global oil production. He says ...
Providence’s Post Carbon Planning: The View from a Cliff
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Community, general, community gardens | No Comments »Readers may not yet know of my propensity for bad puns. The "Cliff," in this case, refers to Councilman Cliff Wood, from Providence's Ward 2. Last week, I promised an update on the efforts of the City of Providence to ...
Natural News Network
Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Conservation, Community, general, climate change | No Comments »Many thanks to the fine people at Natural News Network, Rhode Island's flagship environmental site, for mentioning us in a recent post. If you haven't visited NNN yet, please do so, and often. Up to date info and great writing ...
Peak Oil in the Wall Street Journal
Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in peak oil | No Comments »The WSJ did an article on a middle school teacher from Michigan doing his own peak oil planning. An article that recalls many written about "Y2K survivalists" in the late 1990s, it's fairly balanced in looking at the different responses ...
Saturday, January 26th, 2008 Posted in Relocalization, Gardening/Farming, food production | No Comments »
February 5--Local 365: Toward a Year-round Local Food Supply The 4th Annual RI Local Food Forum will gather farmers, chefs, schools food services, restaurateurs and institutions to network. Share best practices for local sourcing and ways to develop our local food ...
The Story of Stuff
Friday, January 25th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Conservation, general | No Comments »Enlightenment via YouTube? With people like Annie Leonard at work explaining "the materials economy," online video fulfills a higher purpose..... Watch parts 2-7 by clicking on the thumbnails at the end of this video, or go to Annie's own site.
New Kunstler Interview
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 Posted in Relocalization, adaptation, general, peak oil | No Comments »Here's a new interview James Kunstler did with Frank Lopez of SubMedia in Vancouver. The interview is mostly Kunstler, but I'm a big fan of Frank Lopez, and everyone should check out his videos on YouTube. Lopez loves to use ...
Lawn to Farm:Suburbia’s Silver Lining
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 Posted in adaptation, community gardens, food production | No Comments »Here's an article by Wylie Harris that is another dose of inspiration, followed by a link to a video piece on a "lawn to farm" project in Eugene, Oregon, courtesy of Peak Moment TV. "This isn’t a move-to-the-boonies-or-starve ultimatum. In fact, ...
What this blog is not
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 Posted in Energy, general, peak oil | No Comments »For about two minutes, I considered adding one of those Shockwave animations to the site: in this case, an animated Peak Oil Clock, that shows our daily consumption and a real-time (supposedly) figure of how many years' worth we have ...