Darley and Kunstler on a future with (much) less oil
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Relocalization, Conservation, peak oil | No Comments »Peak Moment gives a person strength to carry on. Janaia Donaldson interviews Julian Darley of Post Carbon Institute and James Howard Kunstler, from the ASPO-USA 2008 Conference in Sacramento.
Tell Obama the truth about climate change
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Politics, climate change | No Comments »NASA scientist James Hansen on what President-elect Obama needs to know. Hansen articulates the latest findings. We can only hope Obama and all world leaders are listening, and are prepared to act immediately. Oh, I forgot....we need to save Citigroup ...
“Rhody goes green!”: URI Campus Cleanup
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Environmental cleanup, Human Impact, Recycling, Education, Community | No Comments »Nice film by Nicholas O'Brien on a recent cleanup effort at URI, organized by the HPR 411 class. Found this by way of Laura D. at URI Student Action for Sustainability. Great job, y'all.
We’re all farmers now
Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Relocalization, Gardening/Farming, Community, food production, peak oil | No Comments »Article in the UK Telegraph. Here is some disturbing news. According to Patrick Holden, director of the Soil Association, next year is tipped to be "peak oil" year. This means that from 2009, fossil fuel extraction will start tailing off globally ...
Paul Stamets: 6 ways mushrooms can help save the world
Friday, November 21st, 2008 Posted in adaptation, deep ecology, food production | No Comments »Mushroom sage Paul Stamets, author of Mycelium Running and other indispensible textbooks, gives a compelling talk on the remarkable properties of mycelium and mushrooms. Visit his website, Fungi Perfecti. Back in June, we inoculated catalpa logs with some of Paul's ...
New Scientist: Economics blind spot is a disaster for the planet
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 Posted in Human Impact, False Solutions, Economy, Money, deep ecology | No Comments »Another argument for sanity and long-term thinking, something sadly lacking in Washington and on Wall Street.
A better world is printable: the July 4, 2009 New York Times
Sunday, November 16th, 2008 Posted in Social Justice, Humor, Culture/The Arts, Politics, Education, general | No Comments »Anti-advertising geniuses the Yes Men have topped themselves again with a 14-page spoof on the New York Times that came out on Wednesday. So good, you may not want to return to the real world after reading it.
URI Energy Solutions Expo on Sunday Nov. 16
Saturday, November 15th, 2008 Posted in Green Building, Energy, Conservation, renewable energy | No Comments »Click here for more information. The expo runs from 10am to 4pm at URI's Ryan Center
Bill McKibben in Concord Nov. 21st
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 Posted in Social Justice, Education, general, climate change | No Comments »World-renowned author-environmentalist Bill McKibben will be speaking at the Trinitarian Congregational Church in Concord, MA at 7:30PM on Nov. 21st. McKibben is the founder of 350.org, which aims to "redefine the possible and rally the world behind the [climate ...
An opportunity in energy policy-a letter to the President-elect
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 Posted in Politics, Economy, Energy, peak oil | No Comments »Two of the principals of ASPO-USA present this policy paper on energy to Barack Obama.