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)

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)

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)

What do these things have in common and how do they affect me? That is question you should ask yourself. For me, up here in Canada, the connection may not be obvious. U.S. politics... (read more)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98rXCoEk6vE http://www.bikeforest.com/?p=77 http://www.blogto.com/arts/2007/12/vidto_pedal_power_vs_toronto_police/ http://www.ecofriend.org/images/bicytaxi.jpg Bike machines can be semi-motorized, they can be enclosed (rather than leaving riders exposed to the wind and what not), and they can be collaboratively peddled; we have a lot of options. ------ Update... (read more)

Some information that I received yesterday from the Council of Canadians via a local chapter mailing list:   About economic manifestations of oil supply shortages - According to an energy report released today by CIBC World Markets, Canadians... (read more)

Kurt Cobb on services, assumptions, and oil depletion - "Unfortunately, most people, especially those in North America, equate their cars with transportation. They may also equate air-conditioners with a cool environment in summer.... (read more)

Hi everyone, I've started another weblog - http://tobanblack.net/blog/ In the future I'll still be posting to Relocalize.net though. Most of what I post here will be from the other weblog outside of Relocalize.net, though I'll make minor... (read more)

Why aren't the big investment banks investing more money in renewable energy? (If you want to check out sources, you'll have to go to the URL original at the end of the article.) By Matt Savinar, posted... (read more)

Franchises take away and obstruct localization, and Wal-Mart is at the forefront of this franchising and the anti-localization that it entails. The documentary Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price addresses these issues (among... (read more)

Part of Luz: Girl of the Knowing - Episode 4               by Claudia Dávila ("Fran") (in Toronto) Claudia's work is important because she's grappling with oil & gas depletion in a fresh way -- a... (read more)

A version of a speech given at the December 8th International Demonstration on Climate Change in London. This version is much longer and slightly edited. I’ve also added web links, as well as reading... (read more)

Hi folks. Michael here. Politics should not be an issue when it comes to something of this magnitude, unfortunately it is one of the bigger problems. I have stated up front that I am a Green... (read more)

Hi Folks. Just a short update on my rain catcher. The tap I put on before was made of plastic and I sealed it with silicone. The seal did not last :( . I when to... (read more)

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/printer_062707T.shtml Paul Hawken: How to Stop Our Political and Economic Systems From Stealing Our Future By Terrence McNally AlterNet.org Tuesday 26 June... (read more)

Hi folks. I am winding down my day after getting a lot of work done in the garden and working on making a new rain barrel. I bought one of those industrial size food... (read more)

We did it, showed the new sequel to the world-changing End of Suburbia, to a crowd of 40+ at the library in Burlington last night. Greg Greene and Dara Rowland, producer as well as the... (read more)

We were at the fair, really a tradeshow for wellness products and services, at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Jan 13,14 2007. Although most exhibitors were for-profit ventures, NFPs like ourselves were invited at no charge.... (read more)

Burlington is in a heat wave, no snow, no frost in the ground and 8dgC, so in case you wonder, it's a sign of the times. A dozen 'sustainers' came together for an evening to socialize... (read more)

We here in Burlington are in the vanguard of a most hopeful movement, if we can get behind this relocalization drive. Here's what the Christian Science Monitor had to say on Nov 1st. "In New... (read more)

September 27 The US National Peak Oil Conference was held this past weekend in Yellow Springs Ohio, the home of another fine Peak Oil think tank, the Community Solution. I travelled with the... (read more)

 You may not know me ( except Lance that is) but let me introduce myself. My name is Michael J. Kaer. I have several websites and several blogs on the go. Here are two websites... (read more)