Vancouver mayor promises action on peak oil
Sunday, December 28th, 2008 Posted in Politics, Energy, peak oil | No Comments »Nice article about Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson's planning for peak oil. Other lawmakers, from small-town mayors to world leaders, should take note.
A food agenda for Obama
Sunday, December 28th, 2008 Posted in Politics, Gardening/Farming, food production | No Comments »Article from the Christian Science Monitor on Obama's pick of Tom Vilsack for Secretary of Agriculture. Within hours of former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack's nomination last week as Agriculture secretary, websites were humming with well-documented critiques of his affinity for genetically ...
A Yankee model for sustainability: Harvard, MA and Groton Local
Friday, December 19th, 2008 Posted in Community, Relocalization, adaptation, community gardens, climate change, peak oil | No Comments »This is an article in Planning magazine, the feature periodical of the American Planning Association. Author Christopher Ryan, a planner for the town of Ayer, MA, talks about the beginnings of a local sustainability movement in this area about 30 ...
Scenario 2020: Jason Bradford on the future of food
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Energy, Relocalization, Community, peak oil | No Comments »At a Transition Towns training I attended in Cambridge back in November, our group did an exercise where we spoke, as descendants to our ancestors, about the great transition when the world changed, what led up to the change, what ...
George Monbiot confronts Fatih Birol about the IEA oil outlook report
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Energy, peak oil | No Comments »George Monbiot, one of the UK's leading environmental writers, has little patience for bulls**t when it comes to peak oil, or climate change. He recently confronted Fatih Birol, chief economist with the International Energy Agency, about the dramatically different projections ...
Urban agriculture distance learning at Ryerson University
Saturday, December 13th, 2008 Posted in Urban solutions, community supported agriculture, Gardening/Farming, food production | No Comments »Ryerson University is in Toronto. Here's the link to more info on their Urban Agriculture program. Find a course listing for their Certificate in Food Security at this page. All of the core courses for the certificate (and many ...
Bracken Hendricks on green priorities and the new economic stimulus package
Saturday, December 13th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Energy, adaptation | No Comments »A recent OnPoint program had the Center for American Progress' Bracken Hendricks discussing the proposed Obama economic stimulus package. He looks at opportunities and challenges in the creation of green jobs and long-term goals of transforming to a lower-carbon economy. ...
Vandana Shiva-Bringing people back into the economy
Thursday, December 11th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Gardening/Farming, Community, adaptation, general | No Comments »Environmental activist and champion of human rights and economic justice Vandana Shiva has a new book, Soil not Oil. This essay is from the book, by way of the Center for EcoLiteracy, and is highly recommended. Thanks to Marisa ...
Monbiot on “climate change gibberish”
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Posted in climate change | No Comments »George Monbiot in The Guardian talks about truth, lies and corporate-funded disinformation that swirls around the climate change discussion.
South County Green Drinks/Sustainability Meetup this Wednesday
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Posted in general | No Comments »Our December Green Drinks meetup will take place Wednesday, Dec. 10 at the Alternative Food Co-op in Wakefield, 357 Main Street. Things will start at 7pm and finish up at 8:45. Hope you can make it. Call 789-3680 for more ...