Environment & sustainablity
Food & agriculture - August 28
"Stuffed & Starved" by Raj Patel - a review
An interview with Bob Waldrop
Cambodians eat rats to beat global food crisis
Why urban farming isn't just for foodies
Peak Oil & Supplies - August 28
Energy price prediction `more difficult,' EIA's Caruso says
Bioplastic - better living through green chemistry?
Could $100 oil turn dumps into plastic mines?brScrapping fuel subsidies can help climate: U.N. study
Climate & environment - August 27
World Bank increases fossil-fuel funding despite pledge
Polar bears' long swims blamed on global warming
Global warming time bomb trapped in Arctic soil: study
Food & agriculture - August 27
Masanobu Fukuoka, 1913-2008 - Long live 'do-nothing farming'
Australia's gardening icon Peter Cundall going strong at 81
Rich countries once used gunboats to seize food. Now they use trade deals
The road to extinction
Compilation of articles not only about global warming but also about species that have become extinct or are an endangered species. Massive.
Illusions of inclusivity in the culture of "whatever"
As the collapse of civilization exacerbates and intensifies, the most well-intentioned and open-hearted human beings will make many mistakes. And at the same time, it is possible to become adept and wizened by warrior/elder principles that skillfully set limits and to adhere to them when it would be much easier to garner kudos from self and others for indiscriminate inclusivity. It is a delicate and daunting dance-sometimes ecstatic, sometimes excruciating. But regardless of its outcome, its pathway traverses nowhere near the land of "Whatever".
Deep thought - August 26
Can a dose of recession solve climate change?
David Holmgren interview - transcripts now online
Interview with William R. Catton, Jr. - author of "Overshoot"(video)
President of National Academy of the Sciences: Energy Challenges
Other voices - August 26
Energy Collective: new site for energy discussions
Utne special: Mother Earth’s big comeback
Post Carbon Relocalize Newsletter #23
No way out
Recently I have begun more than ten books dealing with subjects of sustainability, peak oil, Natural Step principles, and other subjects of the day. Yet I can't seem to get more than a third of the way through any of them without throwing the book down with disgust.
When all your best employees are going broke
Consider the notion that it is possible to safeguard a company and its employees against a continuously worsening economic environment, even onto complete economic and political collapse.

