Blogs

We plant trees, but why?

Resilience — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:38:00 +0000

Transition Voices

An interview with Joseph Redwood-Martinez about the documentary 'One day, everything will be free' which explores a reforestation initiative in Haiti, namely Sadhana Forest.

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-22/we-plant-trees-but-why

The Seed Underground

Resilience — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:41:00 +0000

Transition Voices

A delightful and thoroughly enjoyable read: in my many years of reading environmental books there aren't many I could say that about.

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-22/the-seed-underground

Energy Return on Investment

Resilience — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:40:00 +0000

Transition Voices

EROI studies for most energy resources show a decline, indicating that depletion has been more important than technological improvements over time.

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-22/energy-return-on-investment

For Africa’s Solar Sisters, Off-Grid Electricity Is Power

Resilience — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:30:00 +0000

Transition Voices

U.S. businesswoman Katherine Lucey is working with a network of women entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa to sell inexpensive, household solar energy systems.

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-22/for-africa-s-solar-sisters-off-grid...

Tornadoes, Extreme Weather And Climate Change, Revisited

Resilience — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:26:00 +0000

Transition Voices

The big tornado outbreak, including a monster Oklahoma twister, have people asking again about a possible link to climate change. I’ll review the science in this post.

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-22/tornadoes-extreme-weather-and-clima...

Spring Time?

Resilience — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:11:00 +0000

Transition Voices

I have ruminated enough times on this blog about climate change that it should no longer pop up its ugly head, and yet it never ceases to amaze me as to how well it lends itself to a quick article.

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-21/spring-updates-2013

Earth Trek: The Journey Home

Resilience — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:03:00 +0000

Transition Voices

Lurking behind the cover story of terrorism and modern unease is an even more troubling development: the endgame of fossil-fueled civilization, and hence, the end of space travel.

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-22/earth-trek-the-journey-home

Why Austerity Kills: From Greece to U.S., Crippling Economic Policies Causing Global Health Crisis

Resilience — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:50:00 +0000

Transition Voices

"Had austerity been organized like a clinical trial, it would’ve been discontinued given evidence of its deadly side effects," Stuckler says.

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-22/why-austerity-kills-from-greece-to-...

New website design V1

Ed Mitchell — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:53:19 +0000

Ben has been working with the brand to give the website style a refresh.

The brief is to warm the site up a bit and help us be more directional with our design (guide people to do specific actions), while keeping a balance of contemporary with our more 'folky' handdrawn roots.

Burning Tar Sands = ‘Unsolvable’ Climate Crisis: Hansen

Transition Voice — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:01:22 +0000

Transition Voices

Original article:

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TransitionVoice/~3/CSPBde1ViwY/

The Seed Underground

Transition US — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:11:38 +0000

Transition Voices

Original article:

http://transitionus.org/blog/seed-underground

Shale gas, tight oil, and fracking - May 21

Resilience — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:49:00 +0000

Transition Voices

•At margins of shale oil boom, a tempered euphoria •Fracking envy •Radioactive fracking debris triggers worries at dump sites •Poland’s shale gas hopes suffer blow •Poland Shale Boom Falters as St

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-21/shale-gas-tight-oil-and-fracking-ma...

Hope from the margins

Resilience — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:40:00 +0000

Transition Voices

These notes offer a quick glance to ways, in the south of Mexico, in which people are regenerating the society from the bottom up. It is a new kind of revolution without leaders or vanguards....

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-21/hope-from-the-margins

Half of oil burnable in 2000-2050 to keep us within 2 degrees warming has been used up as we hit 400 ppm

Resilience — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:25:05 +0000

Transition Voices

We have a race between peak oil and global warming. Symptoms of these complex processes pop up every now and then.

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-21/half-of-oil-burnable-in-2000-2050-t...

The Poisoned Chalice: Genetic Heritage, Future Demise

Resilience — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:12:00 +0000

Transition Voices

During the Pleistocene evolution favored those humans who left the most descendants so our evolved instincts encourage us to procreate, seek status and consume resources.

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-15/the-poisoned-chalice-genetic-herita...

Guerilla Gardeners Transform London, One Bus Stop at a Time

Resilience — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:57:00 +0000

Transition Voices

The Edible Bus Stop (EBS) is a gardening project trying to transform neglected spaces throughout London into vibrant green patches of community engagement.

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-21/guerilla-gardeners-transform-london...

What Kind of Example Is Canada Setting?

Resilience — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:44:00 +0000

Transition Voices

Is any nation on Earth taking seriously the need for a true-cost economy, where we live sustainably in a steady state?

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-21/what-kind-of-example-is-canada-sett...

Making an Iota of Difference

Resilience — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:30:00 +0000

Transition Voices

So, sustainable communities, to me, means keeping out of the way of things that are too big to fail.

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-21/making-an-iota-of-difference

Warrior Writers

Resilience — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:27:00 +0000

Transition Voices

How can reporting on energy, presented as opportunity or catastrophic risk, compete against grumpy cat memes and economic woes?

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-21/warrior-writers

Taking Practical Action Toward Resilience: Transition Mar Vista/Venice's Eco-Safe Home and Body Care Workshop

Transition US — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:46:51 +0000

Transition Voices

This post is part of a series called “Taking Practical Action Toward Resilience” highlighting inspiring actions that people and communities across the country are taking as part of this year's Transition Challenge.

Original article:

http://transitionus.org/blog/taking-practical-action-toward-resilience-transitio...

Transition Network conference news for 2013

Rob Hopkins — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:25:13 +0000

Transition Voices

Original article:

http://transitionculture.org/2013/05/20/conf-post/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss...

Deep thought - May 20

Resilience — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:23:00 +0000

Transition Voices

• Some of My Best Friends Are Germs
• Bye-Bye Baby Boomers
• The repentant environmentalist: Part 3
• Thanks for coming
• Needed: An ecosocialist cosmovision

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-20/deep-thought-may-20

So Much Wasted Energy - Rethinking food waste

Resilience — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:01:00 +0000

Transition Voices

Regardless of terminology, one point is writ clear: the most technologically and economically advanced cultures in the world have the highest rates of food waste on the planet

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-20/so-much-wasted-energy-rethinking-fo...

The Great (and Not So Great) Bike Debates

Resilience — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:56:00 +0000

Transition Voices

Cycling is a great example of an EcoOptimistic solution, as I’ve written about before. It works on so many angles that it surpasses the win-win-win solutions that I often discuss here.

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-20/the-great-and-not-so-great-bike-deb...

Too soon to tell: The case for hope, continued

Resilience — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:10:00 +0000

Transition Voices

Ten years ago, as a contrarian and a person who prefers not to see others suffer, I tried to undermine despair with the case for hope.

Original article:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-05-20/too-soon-to-tell-the-case-for-hope-...