Sea Water Farming

SUBHEAD: Stark contrast to industrial aquaculture, where they throw cheap energy on unsustainable systems to maximize profit.By Oyvind Holmstad on 30 March 2011 in Permaculture RI - (http://permaculture.org.au/2011/03/30/sea-water-farming/#more-5369)Image above: Closed loop shrimp farm where effluent goes to farmland. Still frame from "Eritria - Part 1" vedio below.The two videos below are much

We’re taking the planet with us

SUBHEAD: Elites turn citizens into serfs and the natural world into a wasteland for profit.By Chris Hedges on 7 March 2011 in Truthdig - (http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/this_time_were_taking_the_whole_planet_with_us_20110307)Image above: "The Ruins of Kom Ombo" by David Roberts (1838). From (http://www.travellersinegypt.org/archives/2005/02/david_roberts.html).I have walked through the

Biochar - The Real El Dorado

SUBHEAD: We, the fire people, have to make coal and bury it, reversing the past 500 years since the start of the Industrial Revolution.By Albert Bates on 3 March 2011 in The Great Change - (http://peaksurfer.blogspot.com/2011/03/real-el-dorado.html)Image above: Screenshot from the game "The road to El Dorado". From (http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/14685/gold-and-glory-the-road-to-el-dorado/images/

Interviewed by a Climate Zombie

SUBHEAD: The questions provide a glimpse into why we need Gaia University as an alternative to what currently passes for higher education.By Albert Bates on 26 February 2011 in The Great Change -(http://peaksurfer.blogspot.com/2011/02/interview-with-climate-zombie.html)Image above: College girl as a zombie. From (http://www.teefury.com/people/18670/Nerdbaitplus3/)."For the most part, those

Climate Change Is Priority #1

SUBHEAD: The carbon in our atmosphere threatens global food production and may render the Earth uninhabitable.By Bill McKibben on 16 February 2011 in The Nation -(http://www.thenation.com/video/158009/bill-mckibben-why-climate-change-most-urgent-challenge-we-face)Image above: Detail of painting "Mother Earth" by Jeness Cortez Perlmutter. From (http://www.americanmeditation.org/mother_earth.htm).

People Behavior & Energy Use

SUBHEAD: How people live in their homes has been largely ignored by efforts to improve energy efficiency.By Mark Kinver on 11 February 2011 in BBC News - (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12417359)Image above: The Intermountain Weatherization Training Center. A controlled home energy use laboratory. From (http://energycache.org/news/intermountain-weatherization-training-center).The

Extinction Event?

SUBHEAD: We worshiped at the heavenly altar of economic growth, and triggered hell on Earth.By Guy McPherson on 7 February 2011 in Nature Bats Last(http://guymcpherson.com/2011/02/extinction-event)Image above: From (http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/arctic/circulation.html).The Arctic is defrosting as warm Atlantic waters rush through the Fram Strait instead of skirting the southern coast of

Avoid Plastic & Paper Bags

SOURCE: Kimo Rosen (jrsensei@hotmail.com)SUBHEAD: Summary of Los Angeles County environmental impact Report on banning plastic carryout bags.[Editor's note: This report only confirms our opinion that bringing your own bags to the retail outlet is the best approach to carrying purchases back home.]By Stephen Joseph, Counsel for www.savetheplasticbag.com - (http://www.savetheplasticbag.com/

Cool food, fuel and climate

SUBHEAD: Permaculture seems to be indispensable for anyone trying to bring about broadscale collapse-proofing.By Albert Bates on 8 January 2011 in The Great Change - (http://peaksurfer.blogspot.com/2011/01/cool-food-cool-fuel-cool-climate.html)Image above:Plenty Belize and Maya Mountain Research Farm workshop on photovoltaic electric-generating systems. From (http://www.plenty.org/pb25_1/

The Cancún Butterfly

SUBHEAD: A human-Gaian umbilical is far more reciprocating than imagined.By Albert Bates on 7 January 2011 in The Great Change - (http://peaksurfer.blogspot.com/2011/01/cancun-butterfly.html)Image above: Prismatic patterns swirl on the surface of a soap bubble. From (http://www.flickr.com/photos/knol/2947795925/#/).Combating climate change is the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced, and

A Road Less Traveled

SUBHEAD: Passenger travel in the industrialized world has been stagnant for nearly a decade.By Melinda Burns on 1 January 2011 in Miller-McCuune - (http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/a-road-less-traveled-26524)Image above: Poster for the movie "Trains, Planes and Automobiles". From (http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/2609).Amid the planes, trains and automobiles of the holiday season comes a

The IEA’s new Peak Oil

SUBHEAD: The new report is a blend of dodging and weaving, and having it both ways. Peak Oil without consequences.Image above: At the top of a runaway rollercoaster. From (http://www.freepicturesfreepictures.com/free_pictures_roller_coaster_superman.htm). By Tom Whipple 24 November 2010 in Post Carbon Institute -(http://www.postcarbon.org/blog-post/188071-the-iea-s-new-peak#) For two weeks now