Our Oversized Groundwater Footprint
We don’t see it, smell it or hear it, but the tragedy unfolding underground is nonetheless real – and it spells big trouble. I’m talking about the depletion of groundwater, the stores of H2O contained in geologic formations called...
Gloria Flora Biochar Conference 2012
See http://www.2012.biochar.us.com for more information about the 2012 US Biochar Conference. Gloria Flora’s Presentation
Creating a World Worth Inheriting
With a new site and a number of new irons in the fire, Adam and I thought it a good time to revisit and renew the mission behind this movement. Simply put, our mission is to create a world...
The Fight of Our Time: Bill McKibben’s Thought Bubble
Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, global thinker and leader, and author of several books; including The End of Nature, and Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, shares this call to action for what could not only...
A Conversation with Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson
By Joshua Yates: This excerpt is reprinted with permission from The Hedgehog Review 14.2 (Summer 2012). Why has the term “sustainability” become so popular, and is it useful? Berry: I’ll go out on a limb, and Wes can saw...
12 ways communities can become economically resilient
Check out this short interview with Michael followed by short 12 ways communities can become economically resilient. Recorded at the FL Small Farms and Alternative Enterprise Conference 2012. View the Prezi More about Local Dollars, Local Sense
Local Dollars, Local Sense: Investing in Yourself
The following excerpt is from Chapter 10 of Local Dollars Local Sense: How to Shift Your Money from Wall Street to Main Street and Acheive Real Prosperity, published by Chelsea Green. Is it possible to beat Wall Street’s 5...
Against the Grain
Jason Bradford Michael Bomford Richard Heinberg
By Ellie Winninghoff PCI Board Member Jason Bradford leads the farmland management program at Farmland LP. While farmland is a hot alternative vehicle among institutional investors like Harvard University and TIAA-Cref, some wonder how alternative an investment it really...
The Peak Oil Crisis: Middle Eastern Chaos
In surveying the multiple, uprisings, insurgencies, insurrections, confrontations and what have you currently going on in the Middle East, it is hard to believe that all this turmoil will not eventually find its way to our local gas pumps....
Like a Bad Boyfriend, XL Keeps Coming Back
The controversy over whether to green-light the building of the Keystone XL pipeline to connect Canada’s tar sands with refiners on the Gulf coast may not be much in the news anymore, but it’s far from gone. A...