Media & activism – Jan 9
Reality TV “Dumped” – 11 volunteers marooned in a South London rubbish dump
Buzzwords 2007
How to diversify environmentalism?
Growing importance of nonprofit journalism
Activism
Faith – Jan 3
Bill McKibben on Gandhi
Pope makes appeal to protect the environment
Religious leaders back climate-change action
Report of the United Church of Christ environment and energy task force
Economics – Dec 18
Kunstler: Failure beyond finance
Krugman: After the money’s gone
Consensus is moving towards how severe the hard landing (recession) will be
Peak oil and portfolio prudence
Congressional report: Rich are getting richer faster, much faster
WTO director: “Capitalism cannot satisfy us”
Beyond the point of no return
It’s too late to stop climate change, argues long-time journalist Ross Gelbspan — so what do we do now?
Strategizing on the transition to organic agriculture
Astyk’s law: “Top-down strategies must be concurrent with and redundant to bottom-up strategies.”
Solvitur Ambulando
Proposals for dealing with the onset of peak oil often focus on large-scale, ideologically defined solutions. A more modest piecemeal approach may offer more options in the unpredictable future ahead of us.
Green Party in Massachusetts takes stand on peak oil
Two closely related crises of immense proportions are breaking upon the world: “climate change” and “peak oil.” Together we can call them the “fossil fuel crisis.”
Climate policy – Dec 3
Australia’s new government ratifies Kyoto pact
Australia has done a backflip
International vs US labor movements on climate
Dysfunction – Dec 3
Naomi Klein: Forget the green technology – the hot money is in guns
Eat, drink and be miserable: the true cost of our addiction to shopping
Clogged by plastic bags, Africa begins banning them
Peak oil – Dec 3
Oil decline pressing Vermonters now
Connecticut legislator in a bind: PO vs LNG
IBM engineer on peak oil
Peak oil, class struggle, and the thermodynamics of production
$100 oil fades fast
What should members of the peak oil movement call themselves?
If we don’t label ourselves, someone will do it for us.
Coming out of the eco-closet
Being Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender in this culture isn’t easy. Yet many of you are finding your way in that. And as you take a stand, are you not finding empowerment and perhaps even excitement at times? I invite you to do the same regarding the state of the world.