Is the Keystone XL Pipeline the “Stonewall” of the Climate Movement?
It was certainly joyful to see marriage equality being considered by our top judicial body. In some ways, however, the most depressing spectacle of the week was watching Democratic leaders decide that, in 2013, it was finally safe to...
The Accidental Wetland in the Colorado Delta
Wellton-Mohawk Canal Seen here at the U.S.-Mexico border, the Wellton-Mohawk Canal carries drainage water from an Arizona irrigation district sixty miles into the Colorado River Delta in Mexico. There it gives life to an accidental wetland called La Ciénega...
The Coming Crash: Our Addiction to Endless Growth on a Finite Planet
Tara Lohan author of Water Matters: Why We Need to Act Now to Save Our Most Critical Resource interviews Richard Heinberg about ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth. If you want to understand how much energy costs,...
The Peak Oil Crisis: The Beijing Syndrome
As the term “China syndrome” has already been taken, I am terming what is happening in the country these days the “Beijing syndrome,” for China’s capital seems to be shaping up as the epicenter of a great upheaval to...
Housing for an Economically Sustainable Future and California’s AB 1024
This video describes how housing might be owned in a more economically sustainable future, and explains how California’s Assembly Bill 1024 (Torres) can remove legal barriers to housing cooperatives in our communities. Learn more at http://www.theselc.org/AB1024. A video by...
Potentiale der Transition Town-Bewegung zur Gestatltung einer nachhaltigen Gesellschaft
On 27 February 2013 the University of Bonn invited Transition Bonn to take part in an event titled "The potential of the Transition Town movement to build a sustainable society." Among the speakers were Transition founder Rob Hopkins, filmmaker...
Victory at Hand for the Climate Movement?
There are signs the climate movement could be on the verge of a remarkable and surprising victory. If we read the current context correctly, and if the movement can adjust its strategy to capture the opportunity presented, it could...
Philip Ackerman-Leist, author “Rebuilding the Foodshed”
Credit: Earthworms with Jean Ponzi | Download Philip Ackerman-Leist, author of Rebuilding the Foodshed – How to Create Local, Sustainable and Secure Food Systems, talks with Jean Ponzi about a number of issues including health and social justice. The book is published...
Richard Heinberg Launches Community Engagement Model of Publishing, Fights Big Oil
HELP US EXPOSE BIG OIL’S LIES & QUITE POSSIBLY SAVE THE WORLD. The oil & gas industry is lying to you. And the consequences of these lies affect you and everyone you know. These consequences aren’t esoteric, or limited...
Local Self-Sufficiency – Resilience, Transition and Simplicity
Credit: Businessmatters | Download This week we talk about a movement that’s growing across the globe in response to the impact of how we humans are trashing the planet. Whether it’s our use of petrochemicals or the consequence of some of our...