Matt Simmons on Fast Money
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Energy, peak oil | No Comments »One of the best mainstream media interviews of Simmons I've seen. This is also archived on our Newsreels page.
The Dark Side of Biofuel: Event in Kingston April 1st
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Social Justice, False Solutions, Economy, Energy | 2 Comments »Eustaquio Polo Rivera from Colombia speaks in Kingston on April 1 at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Rivera will also be speaking on April 7 at the Watson Institute at Brown at 7pm.
Kitchen Gardeners International
Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Posted in Gardening/Farming, community gardens, food production | No Comments »James Kunstler audio on Global Public Media
Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Energy, Relocalization, adaptation, peak oil | No Comments »I just finished Kunstler's new novel, World Made by Hand. Global Public Media has archived many Kunstler interviews and talks at this page.
The Paradox of Production
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Energy, peak oil | No Comments »John Michael Greer of The Archdruid Report never disappoints. His latest article, The Paradox of Production, examines the embedded nature of petroleum in our lives, and the "boobytraps" inherent in attempting a switch to non-fossil fuel energy sources. I’ve ...
Metaphor-mosis
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Community, adaptation, spirituality | No Comments »Thanks to Marisa for sharing this.
WSJ: New limits to growth revive Malthusian fears
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Energy, climate change, peak oil | No Comments »Front page, Wall Street Journal....
Prophetic clip features Yergin and Hubbert in 1979
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in Energy, peak oil | No Comments »Incredible clip produced by the DOE. Interestingly enough, Yergin now heads Cambridge Energy Research Associates, which very publicly disputes the idea of an imminent peak in global oil production. The Hubbert section at the end of this is remarkable; and included ...
E.F. Schumacher Society lectures online
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008 Posted in Relocalization, Community, adaptation, general | No Comments »The Schumacher Society has long been at the forefront of the localization and sustainability movements. Our friend John Glasheen recently passed along information about a number of great audio lectures that the Society has archived at www.archive.org. Michael Shuman, Vandana ...
Sharon Astyk’s Series on Food Storage
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 Posted in Gardening/Farming, food production | No Comments »Click here for the first entry in Sharon's (of Casaubon's Book) month-long series on food storage. All of Sharon's writings are excellent, so check out her archives for a ton of good material on sustainability, and her approach to "depletion ...