(Oxfam protestors at the UN Climate Change Conference in December, 2007) [via Simon Leufstedt] More photos of the same Oxfam protestors - http://www.flickr.com/photos/oxfam/sets/72157603390596149/ --- In this previous post I wrote about polar bear protestors, and about saving polar bears... (read more)

Richard Heinberg on driving down demands for oil - "We could reduce the price of oil just by reducing demand. If the world could be satisfied with the amount of oil that can still be produced... (read more)

Robert Weissman on the G8 agreement on global warming - "Dragged down most of all by the anti-leadership of the United States, the G8 announced a commitment to a 50 percent reduction in carbon emissions by... (read more)

Hi all, I've been doing my own thing for a while. Preparing for Peak Oil on a micro scale - you know,- just my family first. I've noticed that with the financial stress, consumers aren't spending... (read more)

Newburyport-based Sustainnovation, a business consulting firm focusing on sustainable business practices recently spoke to the combined Massachusetts House Committee on Science and Technology Caucus and the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture on... (read more)

Selected posts from Canadian Cycling Blog - Bicycle trailers … …”Once parents retro-fit a trailer onto the back of their bicycle, they can wheel around town, and many parents believe it brings them closer to their kids... (read more)

The June 21, 2008 issue of The Economist includes a 14-page special report entitled "The Future of Energy." (You can read one of the articles here (http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displayStory.cfm?story_id=115656...), but then you have to purchase the... (read more)

Our region wide powerdown project continues... and the importance of relocalisation groups.... It's certainly taking a lot longer than I would like to get our region into serious powerdown action. Our EDAP is still underway -... (read more)

The Bloomberg article below inadvertently makes clear that orthodox growth economists are now providing some of the best comedy relief available on this beleaguered planet. Despite all the evidence everywhere around them, they still insist... (read more)

In a debate on BBC World on Sunday the 18th May, Sweden’s Maud Olofsson continued to promulgate the myth of Sweden’s sustainability focus. Not inasmuch as what she said, but in what she did NOT... (read more)

George Marshall on how "progressive civil society organisations pay virtually no attention to climate change" - "Progressive organisations do not merely sideline or underplay climate change: they actively censor all mention of it from their materials.... (read more)

Andy Rowell - "Oil Price 'May Hit $200 A Barrel'" "Do you remember the days when oil was only $100? Although there has been speculation in recent days concerning the oil price, one of the... (read more)

Tom Engelhardt on fossil fuel interests and the occupation of Iraq - "An administration of former energy execs — with a National Security Advisor who once sat on the board of Chevron and had a double-hulled... (read more)

One of the real benefits about being part of the Post carbon Institute is the credibility it confers when we respond to irresponsible journalism. The article in question is the lead editorial in today's The... (read more)

A YouTube video "My response to an email circulating to '300 million people!' about boycotting major gas companies - I'd just like to take a moment and comment on the flaw of this plan."... --- In this video Cassandra... (read more)

Well, it's one month today since the local council election and the amalgamation of three councils into one. The EDAP is still being written, but in reality, we it wouldn't have been appropriate to deliver it... (read more)

Among the initial steps toward relocalization is agreeing to the necessity, and desiring the benefits, of this process. Hopefully, it's become clear from the first two installments of this series that reconnection and relocalization go... (read more)

This month’s installment explains what relocalization means and what it offers. Next month I will describe what a relocalized economy might look here in the Southwest desert. To appreciate the potential of relocalization, it is important... (read more)

These next three posts are the full, unedited versions of a series of articles on relocalization I was asked to write for the Tucson Green Magazine. They were edited either because they were too long... (read more)

I've been watching the growth of public awareness of the "triple-threat" (peak oil, global climate change, and global resource depletion) in the "public mind" for more than a decade, and decades longer for the environment.... (read more)

Thanks to the Relocalization Coordinator forum for a few of the background facts, and as part of the inspiration, for this article. I first submitted it to the Tucson daily newspaper as an Op-ed piece,... (read more)

A Youtube video "Interested in eating less oil? In this VideoNation/Hidden Driver report, animator Molly Schwartz keeps track of how many miles your food travels from field to fork." The video offers a U.S. perspective on these... (read more)

Sharon Astyk on what we can gain from home-grown food - "- Better Food - Fresher, better tasting, straight off the plant food money literally cannot buy! - Better Health - More nutrition in just picked vegetables,... (read more)

"I used to worry for my grandchildren. Now there is a fairly high probability that I will experience the more severe effects of climate change at first hand." - Jeremy ------ Matt Price (of Environmental Defence) and Allan... (read more)

George M. on why we shouldn't ask others to "save the planet" - "One psychological response to climate change is to find language and images that create distance - to suggest that it will affect... (read more)