Why are so few peak oil authors women? There’s been much debate about this, and no one has yet arrived at a definitive answer. But whatever the reason, Sharon Astyk has established herself as a true rarity within the peak oil community by virtue of being a woman who has chosen to write about peak oil. The perspective that she offers is thus both uncommon and vital.

The program for the upcoming VII Annual International ASPO Conference is now available.

The Transition Movie: time to pick up your digital camera and co-create something wonderful
Can you ski and be green?
Gray water: A do-it-yourselfer installs a rerouting system

Meat must be rationed to four portions a week, says report on climate change
Real food makes a comeback: You may now kiss your local farmer
Farming interns sow their sustainable oats
Feast to celebrate the traditional harvest on the Vancouver coast

Reading has taught me a lot. Gardening has taught me as much or more. Often, these lessons tend to be ones that sound trite when put in words: Stay humble; Don't demand too much too fast; Notice the interconnections; Go slow, but always pay attention and be prepared for rapid-onset opportunities and problems. (Excerpts)

Vancouver's long commuters face problems of peak oil
The Jet Set
High flyers: Civilians fly fighter jets. (video)
New World Order

An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
- The bailout
- Gasoline shortages
- Venezuela and its friends
- Briefs

Oil prices and the GCC: Could the region be stoking oil prices?
Roscoe Bartlett - one of Slate's 80 "silver lions"
Steven Martinovich, Enter Stage Right

"New South Wales and Sydney's over-reliance on petrol makes us extremely vulnerable to impacts [of peak oil], and we must protect current and future generations."

If you want a pat answer to what has caused the financial crisis that is reverberating around the world, and now threatening the derivatives market, we’ve got one. Nearly everyone - in the mainstream media and outside it, tells the same story - that the crisis was caused by the unravelling of the housing market, particularly the US housing market. And if you ask what’s behind that, well, we're told there was a bubble. And if you ask what was behind the bursting of the bubble, well...;it is turtles all the way down.
I'm going to suggest that if you peel off the layers of the financial crisis, we’re going to find some pretty basic things...