ECLA PA helping to create a green "Ambitious, fantastic" project in Ivyland and Johnsville, (Warminster) PA Once slated for destruction, both the Centrifuge Building, the world's largest and most powerful dynamic flight simulator, at the... (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)

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)

I'm about ten days back from a week off after Thanksgiving. I attended an intensive course on home energy auditing. My email failed on return and just got baxck up yesterday. I'm wading through almost... (read more)

ECLA PA's Coordinator comment posted on New York Times' Andrew Revkin's Dot Earth blog Sometimes staying up past my bedtime to post an item pays off. I responded to an interesting item in Andrew Revkin's new... (read more)

The Arctic ice cap shrank this past summer to an extent unparalleled in a century or more, reported The New York Times this morning. The poles, canaries in the mine of global warming because of... (read more)

Since the mid-nineteen eightees I've been an avid reader of the Tuesday New York Times because they have an interesting science section called the Science Times. I have never been moved to write a response... (read more)

There is mounting evidence that the "Hard Truths" about peak oil, global warming, and population is being taken ever more seriously in official circles. The July 18 Draft Report from the US National Petroleum Council,... (read more)

I recently saw A Crude Awakening, a new video on peak oil. I was deeply impressed and was surprised that it didn't come from Global Public Media. While doing some research in preparation for presenting... (read more)

COMMUNICATIONS GULF #34 In response to a BBC interviewer's questions about how to deal with a threat - however well or poorly confirmed by science - from the potentially catastrophic impacts of global warming: conservative advocate Myron... (read more)

We went to see The Great Warming on opening night last week (Nov 3rd). Though the Regal multiplex parking lot was full & there was a long line at the ticket office, our theatre had... (read more)

TIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING and SAVING ENERGY $ RECYCLE: (from the song- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, by Eco-Man) From aluminum cans, glass, plastic bottles, newspaper, cardboard, grass, and kitchen scraps, all helps the environment. LIGHTING: Switching to compact fluorescent... (read more)

Hybrids to be hurt by new EPA dual-standard Submitted by xtraspatial on Wed, 2006-01-11 13:58. The EPA will require car manufacturers to more correctly estimate the fuel economy of their cars starting with the 2008 models. The... (read more)

Often, when presenting information about Peak Oil or Global Warming to individuals or groups, I notice that some people exhibit reactions, well known to psychologists, that followed Kubler-Ross's model that is popularly known as the... (read more)

This article can be found at the MSN Real Estate web site.: http://realestate.msn.com/buying/Articlenewhome.aspx?cp-documentid=74252... Could rising gas prices kill the suburbs? When a high-cost commute reaches the point of no-return, home buyers will start finding houses closer to... (read more)

Published on Friday, August 11, 2006 by the San Francisco Chronicle Greenland's Ice Cap is Melting at a Frighteningly Fast Rate by David Perlman The vast ice cap that covers Greenland nearly three miles thick is melting faster than... (read more)

Environmental frames, metaphors, elevator pitches Submitted by slgalt on Tue, 2005-03-22 00:46. Ready Frames & Tips Here is some wording from the contest at Grist for http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2005/1/25/105939/300 * Conservation is about health. We are our environment: the air we breathe,... (read more)

By Simon Retallack from Open Democracy Wednesday 17 May 2006 A new way of framing the climate change issue that makes sense in people's daily lives is needed in order to translate passive awareness into active... (read more)

"We are being taught...to assume as closely as possible the viewpoint, the patience, and the competence of God." — R. Buckminster Fuller Someone recently criticized Amory Lovins... (read more)

The Trib ran an extraordinary four-part series on a topic that was supposed to be impossible to research and print. It's 'well' worth checking out. When Tribune correspondent Paul Salopek asked the industry if he... (read more)

For more information about this Local Group, please contact the Group Coordinator, Larry Menkes, at soundsynergy@comcast.net. Statement of Intent It is our intention to build on the foundation of our previous efforts and successes; to do everything... (read more)

Transportation is a major part of most home energy budgets. It's also a significant source of carbon emissions unless you operate a vehicle with excellent fuel economy. In the US, the additional cost of purchasing... (read more)

There are numerous models of how change occurs. Since many of us visiting this site are in the "business" of making changes happen, this entry is a scholarly approach to understanding how change occurs.... (read more)