Post Carbon London (Ontario)

A community garden photo by "sbcg08" --- A Wall Street Journal video clip about urban farming [via Wild Green Yonder] Most of the video revolves around one guy who farms neighbourhood lawns in Colorado. A "No Impact Man" blog... (read more)

Elizabeth Douglass in The Los Angeles Times - "Why The Oil Crunch May Grow Worse" "Peak Oil: The ‘When’ Doesn’t Matter" -- What I appreciate about this article is - a. The tagline about how "The ‘When’ Doesn’t Matter"... (read more)

Did you know that... Critics of drive-thrus don't have "any proof"; in fact, they don't "make sense" Fast foods -- and drive-thru access to those fast foods -- are "vital" "for the disabled, seniors, and parents with... (read more)

On Tuesday night there was a forum (at a local hall) about drive-thrus in London, Ontario. A mob was there wearing blue t-shirts associated with this pro- drive-thru lobbying web site. (I've written about that... (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)

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)

Twike photos - ------ Twike videos on YouTube: "Twike in Bern" "100 Twike in Bern" ------ A related blog post - "Versatile bicycle parts" The first link there is another Twike video. ------ 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)

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)

by Kirk Anderson There are many forms of localization and de-localization, and they're all interrelated. Without large-scale shipping and trade, mass consumption (of t-shirts, CDs, and other products) wouldn't be possible; this consumerism also couldn't... (read more)

Another item you might want to check out. CBC's Quirks and Quarks did an episode on what Canada will look like in 2050. I should note that Peak Oil is not mentioned. I guess nobody... (read more)

Here's another video I though you'd enjoy. Some of you may already be familiar with the TED lecture series. Here is Amory Lovins talking about the oil end game. 20 minutes. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/51 You can register and download... (read more)

This is an ad running in Ottawa and Calgary papers put out by the Avaaz team (see below). If you haven't signed this petition yet, there's still a few hours left - go to http://www.avaaz.org/en/another_canadian_climate_crime/9.php?cl=46187661 Here are... (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)

From the PowerSwitch front page.... (read more)