Peak Oil
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How Tight is the Link Between Oil, Food and Population?
The linkage is this tight: In this graph "grain" is the world’s annual production of rice, wheat and corn, "oil"…
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Greeks Return to the Land
Those who read Bad News, and Good News, for Greece, It’s Time to Re-Ruralise and Greeks Reclaim the Land to…
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Letters from Ladakh – Culture Demolition in Fast Forward
Editor’s Preamble: Despite the title, I’m no longer in Ladakh. Indeed, it was way back in August 2009 when I…
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The Edible City
I believe that we will need to produce food in our urban centres, because I can’t figure out how else…
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The Sufficiency Economy – Envisioning a Prosperous Way Down
Editor’s Preamble: I would exhort readers to ignore the potentially off-putting length of this piece, to instead step into, and…
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How To Survive the Coming Crises (free Geoff Lawton video)
At time of writing, our Zaytuna Farm Video Tour video has had almost 11,000 views, after only six months. A…
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A 50,000-Foot View of the Global Crisis
We are now well into a global crisis that may mark the end of this cycle of human civilization. In…
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Pam Warhurst: How We Can Eat Our Landscapes (TED video)
This is a fun and very inspiring talk by Incredible Edible Todmorden champion, Pam Warhurst, on the great work her…
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Defend Indigenous People and the Amazon from Oil ‘Development’ of 10 Million Acres of Rainforest
I have an urgent message to share — it is extremely important that you all know this. Our brothers and…
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Preparing Our Children For a Resilient Future, Part IV: Localisation and Community
Our local areas and community are likely to play a much bigger role in our future resilience, so it makes…
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National Gardening Leave – Why Britain Would Be Better Off If We All Spent Less Time at the Office
The case for a new, voluntary scheme to introduce a shorter working week, and for the rapid expansion of productive…
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The Heart of the Matter (a Nuclear Debate)
Editor’s Note: I’m sure a few of you will be tempted, at first glance, to pounce on me due to…
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