Energy Bulletin -

Slow Money: Bringing Money Down to Earth

kristinsponsler — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:21:02 -0800

Woody Tasch has thought a lot about money: what it does, how it moves, and how to connect people who have it with people who need it...But he found that even socially responsible investing couldn't do much to fix an economy that focused too much on extraction and consumption and too little on preservation and restoration.

Small animals and urban ag - Nov 20

kristinsponsler — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:30:41 -0800

-Female farmers find goats a good, but busy choice
-Chickens come home to roost in backyards around the USA
-Bite-Sized: Small cattle make big impression
-Saving The Bed-Stuy Farm: Choose Better Nutrition, Not Demolition

Sexual Attitudes In Agrarian Life

grizzlegritz — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:07:47 -0800

At one point in this book, I was moved to say—almost blurt out, if one can speak of writing as blurting—that all art is about sex. I made that statement in reaction to Mississippi John Hurt’s remark that all music was about human sexual relationships.

Solutions & sustainability - Nov 19

kristinsponsler — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:58:40 -0800

-Go forth and multiply a lot less
-The new wave of urban farming (and fresh food from small spaces!)
-Urban farms a fertile idea
-Summary Presentation for Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
-The next Industrial Revolution will be people-powered
-Sustainability and Social Justice: Do the Math
-Greening Portland - Your City How To

How to Set Up and Run a Bicycle Repair Company

kristinsponsler — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:11:14 -0800

Many of the articles that discuss the causes and effects of humanity's unprecedented energy use are entirely theoretical, offering little practical guidance for the everyday reader. This essay offers respite to all the people who confront our collective energy problems with a furrowed brow and an expression that is puzzled by the continuous stream of theoretical insights that explain our current circumstances.

How Relocalization Worked

jmgreer — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:20:59 -0800

One of the most rarely used resources for relocalization projects is the fact that our species has been this way before -- the twilight years of many other civilizations featured the breakup of centralized economic arrangements and the rise of a new localism. Can insights from past examples offer us guidance in the present case?

Economics - Nov 18

kristinsponsler — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:09:20 -0800

-Will rising oil prices derail the recovery?
-Banks Hasten to Adopt New Loan Rules
-Finite Resources: One Possible Explanation for the Financial Crisis
-What Is Inflation and How Does One Measure It?
-They can make this rally last for years

Food Futures: Strategies for resilient food and farming (pdf)

kristinsponsler — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:11:39 -0800

Our current food systems are precarious and vulnerable to external ‘shocks’. A combination of one or more external factors, such as extreme weather conditions, global conflict or trade disputes could easily disrupt the continuity of food supplies unless we make fundamental changes to the way we farm, process, distribute and eat our food over the next 20 years.

China and the world - Nov 18

kristinsponsler — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:46:02 -0800

-Obama and Hu aim to agree greenhouse gas targets
-China's empty city
-China's Blunt Talk for Obama
-Market cornered for rare minerals
-Chinese credit card debt mounts

Crop to Cuisine: Book Features

kristinsponsler — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:05:23 -0800

Crop To Cuisine stocks the pantry for Thanksgiving. We speak with historians about the truth behind the thanksgiving meal and the turkey. We also feature reports on how people are coping during tough times, and how you can give back.