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Rebuilding the Foodshed: Foreword

Philip Ackerman-Leist Feb 15, 2013   

Rebuilding the Foodshed by Philip Ackerman-Leist is the latest in Post Carbon Institute's series of Community Resilience Guides published by Chelsea Green. The book is currently available at a … >>

How tough is your skin?

Rob Hopkins Feb 13, 2013   

Monbiot, Mann, McKibben, various Transitioners and others on what to do if your Transition initiative comes under attack... ... >>

The Perils of Ignoring the Water-Energy Nexus

Sandra Postel Feb 1, 2013   

As we pump gasoline into our automobiles, we watch the register ring up dollars, but we don’t see the water cost: some 13 gallons for every gallon of fuel. It’s one of the most … >>

Energy literacy through an astonishing coffee table book

Kurt Cobb Jan 29, 2013   

It is hard to imagine a more unlikely vehicle for advancing energy literacy than a finely crafted large format picture book. Energy, after all, is invisible. We see its effects, but never the … >>

The Peak Oil Crisis: Looking at 2013

Tom Whipple Jan 24, 2013   

We are only a few weeks into the New Year and already the shape of the next 11 months is starting to form. To start, the U.S. Department of Energy sees two good years in front of us, with … >>

Drought Fuels Water War Between Texas and New Mexico

Sandra Postel Jan 21, 2013   

As climate change alters rainfall patterns and river flows, tensions are bound to rise between states and countries that share rivers that cross their borders. In the Rio Grande Basin of the American Southwest, that future inevitability has arrived. ... >>

Unchecked Growth Is a Path to Poverty

William Ryerson Jan 18, 2013   

Endless growth is not possible because of constraints of renewable resources like fresh water, clean air and biodiversity. Also, much of our industrial system depends on nonrenewable resources … >>

The really, really big picture: There isn't going to be enough net energy for the economic growth we want

Chris Martenson Jan 18, 2013   

[Many longtime followers of the Crash Course have asked Chris to update his forecasts for Peak Oil in light of the production increases in shale oil and gas over recent years. What started out as … >>

US Climate Study: Cities Center of Risk, Opportunity

Warren Karlenzig Jan 17, 2013   

The US National Climate Assessment, a new draft study by 13 federal agencies under the Dept. of Commerce, warns that climate change is introducing to cities ample societal and business risks, … >>

Film review: ‘Chasing Ice’

Rob Hopkins Jan 17, 2013   

I hadn’t heard of James Balog, whose work is the subject of ‘Chasing Ice’, until I saw him give a presentation at TED Global in Oxford in 2008. It was in a session after supper, … >>