edible city
Posted in act local, beyond organic, selfsufficiency, useful media on Apr 30th, 2009 No Comments »
Posted in act local, beyond organic, selfsufficiency, useful media on Apr 30th, 2009 No Comments »
Posted in beyond organic, gardening, useful media on Apr 30th, 2009 No Comments »
Posted in anti-civ 101, not 'hope', sane words on Apr 29th, 2009 No Comments »
Keith Farnish considers the changes we need to make in our lives, to stop industrial civilisation, and in particular how we talk to those we love about the future and about those necessary (but often scary) changes. Reprinted from CultureChange.
The future is everything we will ever know, and everything we have never known. Some people [...] Read more »
Posted in beyond organic, peak food, permaculture, useful media on Apr 28th, 2009 No Comments »
Thanks to www.peakmoment.tv for this. 2 weeks of working like a dog, for a whole year? Perfect! Read more »
Posted in peak oil, useful media on Apr 27th, 2009 No Comments »
BLIND SPOT is a documentary that investigates the causes behind the reasons for the current crisis we find ourselves in. It establishes the inextricable link between the energy we use, the way we run our economy and the effect it has had on our environment. It takes as a starting point the inevitable energy depletion [...] Read more »
Posted in beyond organic, not 'hope', peak food, sustainability, useful media on Apr 27th, 2009 No Comments »
Posted in beyond organic, foraging, health, peak food, sustainability on Apr 27th, 2009 1 Comment »
Posted in news, not 'hope', useful media on Apr 27th, 2009 No Comments »
Posted in collapse, events, transport on Apr 27th, 2009 2 Comments »
How long did you stare at the contrails so soft, that traced the planes path high above?
How big was your smile as you opened your arms, to welcome your travelling friends?
How eager were you for long-winded tales of holiday romance and love?
How sad did they feel as their far off vacation so quickly came to [...] Read more »
Posted in anti-civ 101, peak food on Apr 25th, 2009 No Comments »
Asks Lester R. Brown at Scientific American magazine.
Key Concepts
Food scarcity and the resulting higher food prices are pushing poor countries into chaos.
Such “failed states” can export disease, terrorism, illicit drugs, weapons and refugees.
Water shortages, soil losses and rising temperatures from global warming are placing severe limits on food production.
Without massive and rapid intervention to address [...] Read more »