As Oil and Gas Drilling Competes for Water, One New Mexico County Says No
The Mora River upstream of Watrous in Mora County, New Mexico. In an effort to protect its water sources, Mora County has banned oil and gas extraction on county land. Photo: J. N. Stuart/Flickr/cc In drought-plagued New Mexico,...
Faster Drilling, Diminishing Returns in Shale Plays Nationwide?
Faster Drilling, Diminishing Returns in Shale Plays Nationwide? (via Desmogblog) Today’s shale gas boom has brought a surge of drilling across the US, driving natural gas prices to historic lows over the past couple of years. But, according to...
Can Rebulding Local Food Systems Help Promote Renewable Energy?
This is part 2 of our serialization of Chapter 4 (Energy) from the latest Resilience guide, "Rebuilding the Foodshed: How to Create Local, Sustainable & Secure Food Systems". This excerpt looks at some areas where small to mid scale...
Richard Heinberg on The End of Growth
Richard Heinberg examines the ongoing financial crisis, explaining how and why it occurred, and what we must do to avert the worst potential outcomes. Describes what policymakers, communities, and families can do to build a new economy that operates...
Rebuilding the Foodshed: Fields of ENERGY
Over the coming days, we’ll be sharing material from Chapter 4 (Energy) of the latest Resilience guide, "Rebuilding the Foodshed: How to Create Local, Sustainable & Secure Food Systems". This is a heck of a chapter, one that...
Tar Sands Is Worse Than You Can Imagine: Incredible Images You Have to See
Post Carbon Institute and Alternet have partnered to shed a powerful light on the true costs of our addiction to fossil fuels, starting with the Alberta tar sands . Every powerful photo is linked to three meaningful actions that you can take...
Securing The Foodshed
Credit: Seachange Radio | Download There is little disagreement that urban farming translates into increased access to local, sustainable, and healthy food, and that this is a very good thing. But how is it done? What are the success stories of urban...
Six resilience “aha!” moments
Usually when I go to events I tend to be the ‘resilience guy’, or one of a handful of people who work with and think about resilience who tend to gather at the back of other events and bemoan...
Colorado River, Meet the Sea
A withered tree speaks of an earlier time in this expanse of the once fertile delta. Photo by Erik Rochner/National Geographic Walking the mudflats of the Colorado River Delta in northwestern Mexico, my feet touch silt and sediment that...
There’s Only One Real Option for Averting Economic and Ecological Ruin — So Why Aren’t We Talking About It?
The following excerpt is reprinted from the new book Energy: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth, edited by Tom Butler and George Wuerthner, published by Post Carbon Institute and Watershed Media, in collaboration with the Foundation for Deep Ecology. Energy conservation is our best strategy...