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June 2009 Blog Posts (27)

Climate Change in Oldwick NJ

witsendnj.blogspot.com

Added by Gail Zawacki on June 27, 2009 at 10:17am — No Comments

Airplane economics and airplane ecology

A post on my main blog -
http://tobanblack.net/blog/?p=1326

Added by Toban Black on June 26, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Automobiles and fossil fuels

A post on my main blog -
http://tobanblack.net/blog/?p=1322

Added by Toban Black on June 26, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Here are some resources for food production and acquisition local to Carrboro, NC.

Grow your own: Carrboro Community Garden
Pay others to grow it: Carrboro Farmer's Market (It's tomato time!)
Buy at the local co-op: Weaver Street Market

Added by Heather Valli on June 26, 2009 at 1:18pm — No Comments

Everyday bicycling

A post on my main blog -
http://tobanblack.net/blog/?p=1317

Added by Toban Black on June 25, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

“Permablitzing” — An overview

A post on my main blog -
http://tobanblack.net/blog/?p=1301

Added by Toban Black on June 24, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Hansen, Daryl Hannah, former WV Congressman just arrested in WV coalfields

Subject: Hansen, Daryl Hannah, former WV Congressman just arrested in WV coalfields

94-Year-Old Hechler, Hannah, Hansen Arrested: Live at Coal River

By Jeff Biggers

Note: This blog will be updated during the day, with dispatches, video and photos being filed with Stephanie Pistello.)

When I get to the other side, I shall tell God Almighty about West Virginia… Continue

Added by Kathy Jacobson on June 23, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

A SUMMER SOLSTICE POEM: THE SUMMER DAY, By Mary Oliver

Who made the world?

Who made the swan, and the black bear?

Who made the grasshopper?

This grasshopper, I mean-

the one who has flung herself out of the grass,

the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,

who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-

who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.

Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly… Continue

Added by Carolyn Baker on June 21, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Nuclear Energy Production: Southern Ohio and the French connection

Thank you Richard for sharing the following information. There is no easy solution to America's woes and it's good to weigh out all options. I personally think the key is in changing our lifestyles with serious energy conservation: reduce demand, reduce the push for more energy production. But, in the meantime, sounds to me like we need to revisit our preparedness measures in the realm of radiological shelter-in-place actions. kj

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Aerial view of the site, in Piketon,… Continue

Added by Kathy Jacobson on June 19, 2009 at 6:44am — No Comments

Let's Repower America!

Dear Member of Congress:

We can repower America with clean energy, protect our environment, and transform our economy in the process -- putting millions of Americans to work building wind turbines, installing solar panels, weatherizing homes, and building the 100-miles-per-gallon cars of the future.

I urge you to support and strengthen American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.

Thank you.

Name, address

Videos:…

Continue

Added by Kathy Jacobson on June 19, 2009 at 6:03am — No Comments

Activists Risk Arrest to Stop Mountaintop Removal  

Hi Folks...Please become aware of what Mountaintop Removal is about and please help spread the word--- the Appalachian Coal Country is a precious bioregion...please help stop this rape and destruction. Not only that, more coal fired powerplants are going up in the Ohio River Valley where air quality and heavy metal pollution is already out of hand.

The situation is desperate; at the very least please find out where your electricity comes from and conserve it!

Thank you. kj in… Continue

Added by Kathy Jacobson on June 18, 2009 at 8:57am — No Comments

October 24, 2009 - International Day of Climate Action

From 350.org ---because the world needs to know...

Dear Friends,

I'm writing this wrap-up from the latest round of UN Climate Negotiations in Germany, where world leaders are have been dragging their feet in creating a new climate treaty. Again.

It's politics as usual: without a clear demand from the public, politicians are being swayed by corporate lobbyists and others who oppose real action.

We'll never have the money of the lobbyists - last year… Continue

Added by Kathy Jacobson on June 18, 2009 at 6:55am — No Comments

Forum de Sustentabilidade no Lar Center - 30 junho as 19 horas - Ecologia e Arquitetura

Veja mais: www.cris.org.br

Added by MarCelo Todescan on June 17, 2009 at 7:48am — No Comments

Fined $50 a day for fencing their vegetable garden

In Prospect, KY, a wealthy suburb of Louisville. Click here for the story.

Added by William Wilson on June 16, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Cidades de Transição - Transition Towns - Brasil

Mais Informações: www.cris.org.br

O movimento das Cidades em Transição,

ou Transition Towns, foi criado pelo inglês Rob Hopkins com o objetivo de transformar as cidades em modelos sustentáveis, menos dependentes do petróleo, mais integradas à natureza e mais resistentes a crises externas, tanto econômicas como ecológicas.

Hoje o movimento se faz presente em 14 países do mundo. Já são mais de 8.000 Iniciativas de Transição (em cidades, bairros… Continue

Added by MarCelo Todescan on June 16, 2009 at 6:52am — No Comments

COLLAPSE CONUNDRUM: CONFRONTATION OR DESCENT BY DEGREES? By Carolyn Baker

Recently, Transition Town founder, Rob Hopkins, and Peak Oil researcher and writer, Richard Heinberg, debated the pros and cons of planning for emergencies in transition communities as individuals organize to powerdown and localize to the fullest extent possible. The conversation was rich and thought-provoking, and both Hopkins and Heinberg offered incredibly important, diverse perspectives that widened my vision of the topic and reiterated for me the complexity of the issues involved. As with… Continue

Added by Carolyn Baker on June 15, 2009 at 5:52pm — No Comments

Christ Hedges' article on the American Empire

I'm interested in Transition US because of it's combining the environment, the economy and politics. Take a read

The American Empire Is Bankrupt

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090614_the_american_empire_is_bankrupt/

Posted on Jun 14, 2009

By Chris Hedges

This week marks the end of the dollar’s reign as the world’s reserve currency. It marks the start of a terrible period of economic and political decline in the United States. And it signals the… Continue

Added by Sarah Redmond on June 15, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Transition Town - Granja Viana - São Paulo - Brasil

Added by MarCelo Todescan on June 15, 2009 at 12:34pm — No Comments

In Transition

One word review for the film “In Transition” that has been available these two short days: Bravo!
I wish we do not have to wait six months for the DVD. After watching the film three times I see it as one of the most natural and compelling pitches of the Transition movement. It has a great draw potential, easy to run, attractive and very thought provoking.
Bill at Transition Centre

Added by Bill Sharp on June 14, 2009 at 9:34am — No Comments

Book Review: "The Truth about Green Business." By Gil Friend. FT Press, 2009. Written by: Willi Paul

Green in Our Human - Digital - Nature Machine

Book Review: "The Truth about Green Business." By Gil Friend. FT Press, 2009. http://www.ftpress.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0789739402

Written by: Willi Paul

"The real power and potential is in real innovation that delivers better performance and value for the price - in greening as in everything else." P. 84

Is profit running the sustainability machine, Gil?

Green Business does not exist on a… Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on June 12, 2009 at 9:43am — No Comments