Breaking Free From Factory Farms

SUBHEAD: Why foodie farmer, Joe Salatin, believes sustainable farming includes eating meat.By Joel Salatin on 30 March 2011 in The Nation -(http://www.thenation.com/video/159458/joel-salatin-breaking-free-factory-farms)Image above: Aerial photo of feed lot by Pete McBride. From (http://www.petemcbride.com).In this twelfth video in the series “Peak Oil and a Changing Climate” from The Nation and

Kauai Hindu Sustainability

SOURCE: Linda Harmon (lindaharmon@hawaiiantel.net)SUBHEAD: Kauai’s Hindu Temple - Our Sustainable Neighbors at Wailua-Kapaa Neighborhood Association Meeting.By Rayne Regush on 25 March 2011 for Wailua-Kapaa Neighborhood Association -Image above: Meditation pavilion overlooking the Wailua River at Kauai Hindu Monastery. Photo by Juan Wilson.WHAT:Presentation on sustainability of Kauai Hindu

McDonald's Sources

SOURCE: Joanne Paipona (paipona@hotmail.com)SUBHEAD: McDonald's launches new sourcing policy for palm oil, paper, beef to reduce global environmental impact.By Rhett Butler on 11 March 2011 on Mongabay.com - (http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0310-mcdonalds.html)Image above: Big Mac Meal. The cornerstone of the McDonald's menu.McDonald's announced a far-reaching sourcing policy that could

Post Peak Oil Bee Keeping

SUBHEAD: Bees can be beneficially added to any system, improving pollination of crops and yielding concentrated storable sugar.By David Holmgren on 26 January 2011 in Holmgren Design Services - (http://www.holmgren.com.au/frameset.html?http://www.holmgren.com.au/html/Writings/Writings.html)Image above: Beekeeping on Kauai. From (http://kauaibuzz.blogspot.com/2010/12/

The Tyranny of Entitlement

SUBHEAD: The only way to stop advocates of perpetual-growth is to make it so they have no other choice.By Derrick Jensen on 6 January 2011 in Orion Magazine - (http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6052//http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6052)Image above: Domestic abuse not unlike our treatment of the ecosystem. From (http://www.schlissellawfirm.com/blog/

3 Ways Without a Car

SUBHEAD: Three car-free ways of existence to choose from. By bus, by bike or by foot.By Jan Lundberg on 23 December 2010 for Culture Change - (http://www.culturechange.org/cms/content/view/692/1)Image above: Stock photo of night traffic over a bridge.We have the winners for our Lifestyles #1, #2 and #3 depicted for our Three Car-Free Ways of Existence. Joining Greg Jalbert's successful entries

Metrodome collapse symptomatic

SUBHEAD: In the old days, they built places that could last a century. Fenway Park. Wrigley Field. Boston Garden.By Lloyd Alter on 14 December 2010 for TreeHugger - (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/12/metrodome-roof-failure-symptom-of-larger-failure.php) Image above: The collapsed roof of the Twin City Metrodome. From original article.People build air supported domes like the Hubert

Ka Mokupuni O Oahu

SUBHEAD: The island of Oahu has been examined for its historical ahupuaa land divisions.Image above: GoogleEarth view of Oahu's ahupuaa from the southeast. Click to enlarge. Created by Juan Wilson.By Juan Wilson on 16 November 2010 -With the distribution of the Oahu GoogleEarth map we have completed mapping the Moku and Ahapuaa of the eight main Hawaiian islands. This effort was supported by the

Horns of Our Dilemma

SUBHEAD: We are more likely to allocate our financial reserves to keeping current players on their feet than we are to finance meaningful changes.Image above: 19th century cartoon Robber Barons with subtitle "History repeats itself - The robber barons of the Middle Ages and the robber barons of today." From (http://madamepickwickartblog.com/anarchist-paving-company). By Jeff Berg on 10 November

The Leading Edge

SUBHEAD: We simply dug the coal, pumped the oil, and contaminated the atmosphere as fast as economically feasible.Image above: Actual photo of oil derricks along seawall in Huntington Beach,CA, in 1935. Tinted and labeled by Juan Wilson.By Tom Whipple on 3 November 2010 in Fall Church News-Press -(http://www.fcnp.com/commentary/national/7696-the-peak-oil-crisis-the-leading-edge.html)Do you

The Sustainability Gap

SUBHEAD: If it wasn't so tragic it would be funny... or was it the other way around?Image above: Still from Jon Stewart clip on oil independence. see below for video. By Roger Valdez on 11 October 2010 for Daily Sightline - (http://daily.sightline.org/daily_score/archive/2010/10/11/the-sustainability-gap-a-laughing-matter?)While on Facebook I happened across this bitterly funny bit on The Daily