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)

Michael Pollan on local gardening and cooking - "It's funny to think of something as domestic as cooking and gardening as subversive, but it is. It is the beginning of taking back control from a system... (read more)

Twike photos - ------ Twike videos on YouTube: "Twike in Bern" "100 Twike in Bern" ------ A related blog post - "Versatile bicycle parts" ------ Toban Black (http://tobanblack.net/blog/)... (read more)

Velomobile images from this Japanese blog - ------ A related blog post - "Versatile bicycle parts" ------ Toban Black (http://tobanblack.net/blog/)... (read more)

Another excellent article by George Monbiot, published in the Guardian and posted on his website connects some dots amongst Peak Oil, global warming, and the looming environmental disaster known as biofuel. The reality of these... (read more)

Kurt Cobb alludes to human tolls alongside rising 'resource' prices - "It is all too likely then that the skyrocketing prices predicted for oil, for example, of $300, $500 or even $1,000 a barrel will never... (read more)

Simon on a few our transportation options - This "picture, taken by the Press-Office City of Münster (Germany), demonstrates the amount of space required to transport the same number of passengers by car, bus or bicycle." We... (read more)

Some people find oil & gas depletion--among other environmental problems--to be depressing. In part, that's is because they're clinging to 'development' like this -- ------ by Andy Singer ------ Andy exaggerates, but I think he's close to the... (read more)

Should we jail politicians who refuse to take global warming seriously? Is that a fascist approach? There is (or was) a discussion about those issues here. ------ Related - - "Climate criminals 'arrested' in Ottawa" - October, 2007 - "Greenpeace activists... (read more)

Here's a talk I presented on January 31, 2008 at the University of Arizona in Tucson for their "Focus the Nation: Global Warming Solutions" teach-in. This national event had over 1,625 schools, faith organization and... (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)

I believe these images are from Washington, D.C. They're certainly from the United States, anyway. There are more of those photos here. Although a lot of oil is sent to the U.S. from Canada (as is... (read more)

This week I've been invited to meet with the local Mayor to discuss the work I'm doing with the Sunshine Coast Energy Action Centre, and the Sunshine Coast Energy Descent Action Plan, which is currently... (read more)

by Art Spiegelman ------ Toban Black (http://tobanblack.net/blog/)... (read more)