Solutions & sustainability – Jun 21
What would eco-cities look like? /
Caught in the money trap? Break free / Test tube meat nears dinner table / My children, the food experiment / Zen and the art of dumpster diving
Food & Water
Biofuels, cars, highways – June 19
Researchers look beyond biofuels as substitutes for fossil fuels / Ethanol’s water demands a concern / A car guy who wants you to drive less / The interstate highway system at 50 / Bush administration quietly plans NAFTA super highway
Solutions: activism – June 19
The importance of social capital / Why sustainability is important to you / New green/labor alliance brings Sierra Club and Steelworkers together / Le Monde profile of Jerome a Paris / Bryant Terry, food-justice activist
Solutions & sustainability – June 19
BBC: Finding green in the concrete jungle / California: The Vampire Slayer (Act of 2006) /
Norway launches global seed bank /
Some farmers trade tractors for animals
Nonrenewable renewables: The hidden life of biofuels
Biofuels produced the way we are producing them today are not even close to sustainable. In truth, the current production methods for biofuels are more like mining operations than farming operations.
World Grain Stocks Fall to 57 Days of Consumption: Grain Prices Starting to Rise
This year’s world grain harvest is projected to fall short of consumption by 61 million tons, marking the sixth time in the last seven years that production has failed to satisfy demand.
Solutions & sustainability – June 14
BREAKING: Sheriff’s deputies evicting South Central farmers now / Sustainable architecture can reduce CO2 /
Food, energy woes can change people’s ideas of community / Organizing to break US oil addition – July Indiana conference /
5 alternatives to an oil-based economy
Environment – June 13
Japan tries to cut down on plastic bags /
Pollution from Chinese coal casts a global shadow /
Top 100 ecological questions from UK policy makers / Global warming could make Canada an agricultural powerhouse while the U.S. becomes a dustbowl / Book review: “Big Coal”
Implications of Fossil Fuel Dependence for the Food System
Our current industrialized food system is not sustainable due to it’s over dependence on non-renewable fossil fuel energy and it’s degradation of the natural systems on which it depends for its existence.
Worldwatch: Biofuels poised to replace oil
Biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel can significantly reduce global dependence on oil, according to a new report by the Worldwatch Institute.
Solutions & sustainability – June 11
Darley: Relocalization for architects and developers /
Preparation for the future (thoughts For 30-somethings) /
A visit to the Eden project … Wow / Sustainable architecture can reduce CO2 / Is the battle for South Central Farm near a close? / HP cuts back on telecommuting / TIME: Lure of the 100-mile diet /
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Lessons for California and the U.S. from movie “How Cuba survived Peak Oil”
After seeing the film The Power of Community: How Cuba survived Peak Oil at a San Francisco Oil Awareness meeting in May, I thought about how those lessons might apply to California Agriculture. California grows about one-third of the U.S. food supply.