| An Experiment in Back Yard Sustainability |
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Peak Moment 51: Tour Scott McGuire's "White
Sage Gardens" in the back yard of his rental
home -- a demonstration site for suburban
sustainability. He ponders, "How might a
household produce and preserve a significant
portion of its own food supply?" Composting,
a water-conserving greenhouse, and
seed-saving are all facets of this beautiful
work in progress. [www.whitesagegardens.com]
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| PERMACULTURE & PEAK OIL: Beyond 'Sustainability' |
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David Holmgren is co-originator (with Bill
Mollison) of the permaculture concept and
author of the recent book, PERMACULTURE:
Principles and Pathways Beyond
Sustainability. He talks about the need to
move beyond the lulling hope that 'green
tech' breakthroughs will allow world-wide
'sustainable consumption' to the recognition
that dwindling oil supplies inevitably mean a
mandatory 'energy descent' for human
civilization across the planet. He argues
that permaculture principles provide the best
guide to a peaceful societal 'powering down."
http://www.holmgren.com.au/html/Publications/
Principles.html
Tags : permaculture david holmgren peak oil energy descent beyond sustainability green tech |
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| WWU Sustainability Movement |
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Western Washington University in Bellingham
WA prides itself on being one of the most
influential educational institutions in the
US in the race to go GREEN. Now Western is
turning its focus to a sustainable future,
developing new campus organizations,
instituting sustainable action plans and
opening new possibilities for the next
generation of students. It is time to get
involved, get informed and make a change.
Produced by Allison Waddell
Directed by Chris Koser
Associate Producers: Chad Pettay, Maureen
VanOss, Stephanie Hendrickson, and Shawna
Wayman.
Tags : Sustainability Sustainable Green Bellingham WWU Western Washington University Global Warming Environment Vikings |
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| Global warming and sustainability - carbon and energy |
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http://www.globalchange.com Impact of global
warming. Facts about global warming science.
Controversy and arguments against global
warming. Rising sea levels. Sustainability,
environment, climate change, sea levels,
carbon dioxide levels. Business and
corporate responsibility. Reducing carbon
footprint. Carbon offsetting and carbon
sequestration capture technology for energy
industry. Cleaner power generation and
energy saving. Solar power, wind power, wave
power, geothermal power. Impact on
manufacturing, chemical industry, banking,
transport, travel, tourism. Conference
keynote speaker and Futurist Dr Patrick
Dixon.
Tags : carbon energy sustainability global warming manufacturing business conference speaker keynote solar wind geothermal computer science economics engineering humanities physical social Environment Gadget |
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| Sustainability Practice Network |
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Blogging Sustainability
Moderator: Bonnie Hulkower, Treehugge
Panelists:
Jill Fehrenbacher, Editor-in-chief
Inhabitat.com
Ken Rother, President/COO Treehugger
Aaron Naparstek, Editor-in-chief
Streetsblog.org
Date & Time:
Thursday June 26, 2008, 6-8pm
Location: Green Spaces
33 Flatbush Ave (corner Flatbush &
Livingston)
Brooklyn
Mass Transit - take B, Q, and R to Dekalb
Ave, or the 4, 5 to Nevins Street, or A, C to
Hoyt Shermerhorn St.
Please RSVP events@sustainabilitypractice.net
For more information, or to join SPN, visit
www.sustainabilitypractice.net
Blogging has become an influential form of
information gathering, particularly in the
green world. New media forums, websites, and
blogs have played a major role in furthering
the message of sustainability. In doing so,
they have helped move sustainability to the
mainstream, often covering issues before the
traditional media gets to them. Websites vary
from magazine offshoots to personal advice to
the musings of corporate executives. What
these websites often share is an informal and
interactive readership.
On these websites writers are often more
easily criticized and held accountable, and
commentators evoke a wide range of
perspectives. Yet, fact-checking is not
mandatory, and people may seek out
like-minded "communities of interest" and
echo chambers, which can foster a narrower
perspective.
How do today's citizens inform themselves?
What are the effects of the shift away from
one-to-many media formats?
This panel will examine how websites such as
www.streetsblog.com, www.Inhabitat.com,
www.Treehugger.com, and others further the
message of sustainability. Panelists will
discuss how new media can reach out to
untapped audiences, and how to spread the
message further.
Bios:
Jill Fehrenbacher, Editor-in-chief,
Inhabitat.com
Jill Fehrenbacher edits Inhabitat and is a
freelance designer and student at Columbia's
Graduate School of Architecture and Urban
Planning. She created Inhabitat in the Spring
of 2005 as a way to catalog her endless
search for new ways to improve the world
through forward-thinking, high-tech, and
environmentally conscious design. Educated at
Brown University, where she received a B.A.
in Art Semiotics, and Central St. Martins,
where she received an M.A. in Design Studies,
she currently resides in New York City, which
so far has been good for her obsession with
rooftop gardens and vegan junk food
restaurants.
Ken Rother, President/COO of Treehugger
Ken, President and COO, is responsible for
bringing the vision and strategy of
TreeHugger to life. Ken has been involved in
the Internet since the early 90's when he
co-founded Mountain Lake Software in Toronto
Canada. Mountain Lake helped some of Canada's
largest financial institutions take their
first steps onto the WWW. Ken has held
various roles including VP of operations
responsible for all deliverables of their
internet consulting division and later as
divisional CIO introduced process altering
technology to their globalization business.
His interest in the environment dates back to
his first summer job leading low impact canoe
trips in northern Quebec.
Aaron Naparstek, Editor-in-chief
Streetsblog.org
Aaron Naparstek works for the Open Planning
Project where he is editor-in-chief of
StreetsBlog.org. Aaron is a journalist,
author and community organizer working on
urban environmental issues in NYC. He is the
author of Honku: The Zen Antidote for Road
Rage, a book of humorous haiku poetry
inspired by the unique brand of motorist
sociopathy observed from his apartment
window. Naparstek lives in Brooklyn with his
wife and two sons. He is a founder of the
Park Slope Neighbors community group and an
organizer of the Grand Army Plaza Coalition.
The Sustainability Practice Network (SPN) is
a NYC-based forum and list server for
professionals, academics and students working
with corporate responsibility and
sustainability issues to build a community
based on learning, discussion, information
and idea exchange. SPN supports the growth of
sustainability practice and bridges
disciplines to advance sustainable
development by drawing on the knowledge and
expertise of its members.
Green Spaces Green Spaces is a hub for
leading green entrepreneurs, providing
networking programs, infrastructure and a
community to launch their business.
This message was sent from Jennie Nevin to
feinberg@design21sdn.com. It was sent from:
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Tags : Good News Broadcast Nonprofit Green Environment Spaces Entrepreneurs Networking Sustainability Founder TreeHugger Blog |
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| Sustainability and Resource Depletion: Survival Challenge for the 21st Century |
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Google Tech Talks
October 2, 2008
ABSTRACT
Award-winning author Richard Heinberg (The
Oil Depletion Protocol; Peak Everything)
identifies the essential axioms of
sustainability and ties them to current
economic trends such as the high and volatile
prices of oil and other commodities. Species
survival will require more than
"Sustainability Lite"a vague commitment to
more environmentally benign practices, but
instead an all-encompassing effort to live
within the ultimate resource limits of the
planet.
Speaker: Richard Heinberg
Richard Heinberg, the author of eight books,
is a Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon
Institute and is widely regarded as one of
the worlds foremost Peak Oil educators. He
writes a regular column for The Ecologist
magazine and has authored scores of essays
and articles that have appeared in such
journals as The American Prospect, Public
Policy Research, Quarterly Review, The
Futurist, and European Business Review; and
on web sites such as Alternet.org,
EnergyBulletin.net, TheOilDrum.com
GlobalPublicMedia.com, and
ProjectCensored.com. He has appeared in many
film documentaries, including Leonardo
DiCaprios 11th Hour.
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