Solutions & sustainability – July 30
Social ecologist Murray Bookchin dies at 85 / Redefining American beauty, by the yard /
The environmental benefits of vegetarianism / Sustainability Network Newsletter #60
Food & Water
Back(yard) to the land Family grows its meals on tiny urban lot
For most people, eating organic means a trip to the local whole-foods store and, often, a hit to their wallets. For the Dervaes family, eating organic requires only a trip to the garden. The family of four raises 3 tons of food each year — enough to supply three-quarters of their diet and maintain a thriving organic produce business to boot.
Biofuels – July 26
Green energy: ethanol and biodiesel / Redesigning life to make ethanol / Biofuel demand creates chain reaction in crop prices / Ethanol’s rise prompts worries of a corn crunch / Agency seeks to develop military aviation biofuel
Peak Oil and Community Food Security
As evidence accumulates foretelling the imminent shock of “petrocollapse,” one central concern of communities – including organized neighborhoods and small towns – should be the safety and continuity of their food supply.
Solutions & sustainability – July 25
Eco-party celebrates art of simple living /
The Un-Coal /
Go green, Miliband tells UK supermarket bosses /
Green Wonders of the World (building) /
Is buying local always best? /
Principled eaters gather at grill
Homestead security equals free-range chickens, a good dog, and Jerusalem artichokes
People routinely insure themselves against the unlikely, but most have given neither thought nor preparation to the biggest problem facing most of the world: famine.
Food shortages – July 24
Grain Drain /
Wheat price soars as world granaries run low /
India grows a grain crisis /
Zimbabwe: ‘Power Cuts Could Reduce Wheat Yield’ /
Lester Brown: The grain needed to fill an SUV’s tank could feed a person for a year /
Food crisis in Lebanon
Peak oil – July 19
Peak oil: keep off the grass /
How the energy crisis will help my diet (agriculture) / Kuwait to clarify its oil reserves within days / Peak oil not piquing the interest of CVRD board in British Columbia
Food & agriculture – July 18
Lester Brown: supermarkets and service stations now competing for grain / How the energy crisis will help my diet / India: organic farming, answer to farmers’ suicides? / Peak oil preview: North Korea & Cuba
Biofuels and wind – July 15
Indonesia to spend a massive US$ 22 billion by 2010 to promote biofuels / Lester Brown: supermarkets and service stations now competing for grain / Challenges emerge for wind power (costs up 70%)
Solutions & sustainability – July 13
Soil Association – Peak Oil Appeal /
Feeding the Deindustrial Future /
Designing Ecological & Caring Futures (Audio) /
Americans Going Green /
G.E.’s Green Gamble /
Vanuatu ranked as happiest place
Food & agriculture – July 10
Fears over health fuel 30% rise in sales of organic food / Deconstructing dinner in Canada /
Rising popularity for organic beer /