Stories archived in Saturday, September 4, 2010

As part of its focus on action in the present--the moment at which oil is peaking--as a time of opportunity for decisive action of historical consequences, the Transition Movement embraces the act of telling stories; stories are a crucial tool for this monumental change--as important, perhaps, as our new-found ability to darn socks and grow Kale. (Part 2 of "Existential Comfort in the Age of Hopkins and Greer")

Policy makers in Asia still execute piecemeal solutions to reduce the traffic externalities without considering long term impacts. This article tries to clear some of the misconceptions about transportation. Many research reports over the last decade have debunked some of the traditional approach towards solving transport problems.

The dictionary defines xenophobia as "fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign." It seems to be an endemic plague everywhere in the world. But it infects larger numbers of people only sometimes. This is one of those times.