Things to come, part 4 http://www.energybulletin.net/13200.html Just when I fear I've dwelt on these subjects too long ... just when I'm hoping I've...
Haven't had much of a response yet... For all Melbourne/Victorian (AUSTRALIA) based list members: Excursion to David Holmgren & Su Dennett's property on...
The Wheat and The Chaff from Steven at Deconsumption Both the Intentional Communities magazine and the Permaculture Activist magazine have upcoming "Peak Oil"...
Escape http://villageblog.blogspirit.com/ I've recently realised that one of the great themes of civilised life is that of escape. Not that people will like to...
Ecological Collapse, Trauma Theory and Permaculture Submitted by ahazelwood on Tue, 2005-08-16 12:51. http://postcarbon.org/node/508 By Lisa Rayner,...
Another good contribution from Paula Hay, while it is American centric the information is just as valid here (just don't forget to substitute north for south...
The latest from Rob Hopkins at Transition Culture, his archived posts and essays are an absolute goldmine Rob http://transitionculture.org/?p=266 This article...
This also applies to Victoria and NSW and I think, QLD, according to several recent newspaper articles and my own personal experience in searching up and down...
I started reading this article with the expectation that it would provide me with further insight. The comment <<Every living being on Earth has a metabolism,...
I dare say that you're both right Denis, it's life that intercepts the solar insolation and gives the diversity of energy cycles we have all around us...
Rob You are misusing the word energy when you talk about energy cycles. There is no such thing. Air, water, carbon, nitrogen,etc are all cycled. But not...
Hi Denis, good to see you at a new group (new for me, that is), So are you saying that while all other materials move in cycles, energy flows are linear? Bev ...
Bev I believe these comments illustrate how terminology can quite easily lead to misunderstanding. I am curious as to what you meant by 'other materials' as it...
Received Dans reply off list, thanks for contributing to the discussion Rob Hello there, I'm the author of this piece, and it's good to find people discussing ...
Thank you for your considered reply Denis. I've always considered the foods we eat to be a form of energy distinct from the stored solar energy of oil and coal...
I believe I now have a better grasp of where our perspectives differ. Firstly, I am in complete agreement with your sentiments about how we should be careful...
Rob Flows of energy insolation>plants>food>me>waste heat insolation>plants>geobiological actions+time>oil> extraction>processing>petrol>car>waste heat ...
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Inviting Anarchy Into My Home by Liz Seymour March 10, 2006 New York Times http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=41&ItemID=9885 Greensboro,...
Ran Prieurs latest essay ponders several tangents, I'm quite partial to this one Rob In 2006 there's a war that doesn't seem to affect you directly. But you...
Well, Rob, I sure appreciate the thought that went into Rans' essay about every possible scenario outflow and corrective action, because I seem to be at the...
This would be the single most important site I've seen in years, enjoy. Rob http://www.livingneighborhoods.org/ht-2/home.htm WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, IF...
http://deconsumption.typepad.com/deconsumption/2006/03/on_what_is_plac_1.html On What Is Placed Our Hope? A few months ago I got a subscription to Ode...
Food, sustainability, and the environmentalists Posted by Tom Philpott at 9:49 AM on 21 Mar 2006 The other day, a prominent Canadian journalist paid me a visit...
http://faultline.org/index.php/site/comments/eco_nomics/ Another right wing email accuses environmentalists of striving to destroy the economy. We value trees...
Interesting post over at the permaculture forum, via http://www.permaculture.org.au/ Rob "There is always the old trick 'I rent off you and you rent off me" Hi...
http://transitionculture.org/?p=284#more-284 I gave a talk in Kingsbridge in Devon on Sunday, the sequel to a screening of The End of Suburbia that my friend...
Peak Oil and Community Considerations Via http://deconsumption.typepad.com/deconsumption/ I have previously written a piece entitled Blueprint for Preparation ...
Via Sharon at http://www.casaubonsbook.blogspot.com/ Food After the Peak: Part 1: Domesticity and Common Sense About a year ago I posted a series of articles...