Ebb without Flow: Water May Be the New Oil in a Thirsty Global Economy
Water debate: The propostion "Water, as a scarce resource, should be priced according to its market value"
The Harsh Economics of the Global Water Crisis

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.

California took on energy crisis, now it faces water crisis
FLOW: The Film that Will Change the Way You Think About Water
The New Corporate Threat to Our Water Supplies
Bottled Water at Issue in Great Lakes

Moscow strengthens presence in U.S.' backyard
US generals planning for resource wars
Pakistan's Zardari Tries to Keep His Distance from US

Ban near on diverting water from Great Lakes
Peter Gleick: Deal with the water crisis now
Running dry

New system could help avert collapse of fisheries
Peak climate (audio) Part 1 is Dr. Peter Ward on past extinctions & violent climate change, Part 2 is Julian Darley, founder of the Post Carbon Institute, on how to live past the energy crisis
Isle of plenty

These are the slides and text for a presentation given at the ASPO-USA conference September 21-23.

In these ten minutes, I'd like to provide a context for the discussion. I'd like to paint a broadbrush picture of where we were, and where we are going. It will be from the viewpoint of someone inside the movement looking out.
From the grassroots, rather than from the media.

Phosphorus: Running low of an essential fertilizer?
UK's sodden farmers struggling with a changing climate
Lessons from Cuba
Employing insect farmers

A hypothesis is presented whereby phosphorus is considered in two broad forms: “easy” which is able to be mined quickly, but already peaked in 1990, and “hard” which has large remaining reserves and is yet to peak, but cannot be mined as quickly. ... Ultimately we must develop a recyclable phosphorus supply if humans are to continue living on this planet.

Population Bomb Author's fix for next extinction: educate women
Peak population
Social Scientists Seek Answer To Exploding Population