Of note from the net

Slow Down: How Our Fast-Paced World Is Making Us Sick
By Linda Buzzell, AlterNet. Posted July 2, 2009.
Living under unnatural time pressures causes a myriad of psychological, social and physical ailments

Greenpeace meets Bill McKibben: Fighting Climate Change in the Obama Era
Video interview with Bill McKibben

The Sustainable Deveoplment Ccommission's Prosperity without growth?
The report is based on research and discussion divided into four main areas -- "visions of prosperity", "economy lite", "confronting structure", and "wellbeing policy".

Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
This web page will introduce and lead you through the content of the most comprehensive and authoritative report of its kind. The report summarizes the science and the impacts of climate change on the United States, now and in the future.

It's Official -- The Era of Cheap Oil Is Over
Michael T. Klare, Tom Dispatch
Energy Department Changes Tune on Peak Oil
... Every summer, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the U.S. Department of Energy issues its International Energy Outlook (IEO) -- a jam-packed compendium of data and analysis on the evolving world energy equation. For those with the background to interpret its key statistical findings, the release of the IEO can provide a unique opportunity to gauge important shifts in global energy trends, much as reports of routine Communist Party functions in the party journal Pravda once provided America's Kremlin watchers with insights into changes in the Soviet Union's top leadership circle.

Film The End of the Line:
Ep.1 - The Biggest Problem You've Never Heard Of
The End of the Line's director, Rupert Murray, introduces the film and the issue and gives a flavour of the episodes to follow.

From a Failed Growth Economy to a Steady-State Economy
USSEE lecture, June 1, 2009 -- Herman E. Daly School of Public Policy -- University of Maryland
This past week was the United States Society for Ecological Economics bi-annual conference (at American University near Washington DC). Herman Daly was honored for his many and longstanding contributions. He also gave an amazing speech which he has graciously allowed us to reproduce as a guest post on theoildrum.

Upping the takes -- World at Gunpoint
Or, what's wrong with the simplicity movement
by Derrick Jensen (Published in the May/June 2009 issue of Orion magazine)
A FEW MONTHS AGO at a gathering of activist friends someone asked, "If our world is really looking down the barrel of environmental catastrophe, how do I live my life right now?" . . .

Healing or Stealing? - "You are brilliant, and the earth is hiring. . . "
The Unforgettable Commencement Address by Paul Hawken

NEEDED: A COPERNICAN SHIFT
by Lester R. Brown
. . . Today we need a similar shift in our worldview, in how we think about the relationship between the earth and the economy . . .

Justice in the Air: Environmental Justice Rankings of the Top Corporate Polluters
This new environmental justice study, (co-authored by PERI's James Boyce, Michael Ash, & Grace Chang, along with Manuel Pastor, Justin Scoggins, & Jennifer Tran of the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity at the University of Southern California) examines not only who receives the disproportionate share of toxic air releases -- low-income communities and people of color -- but who is releasing them. Get the report

Is Local Food Better?
by Sarah DeWeerdt Yes, probably-but not in the way many people think.

Sea Levels Are Rising:
It's Time to Decide Which Coastal Cities Are Worth Saving
By Scott Thill, AlterNet. Posted April 17, 2009.
Ice cubes the size of American states are melting into the ocean; we face frightening scenarios and tough choices for coastal habitation.

Consumption dwarfs population as main environmental threat
A small portion of the world's people use up most of the earth's resources and produce most of its greenhouse gas emissions, writes Fred Pearce.

World Will Not Meet 2C Warming Target, Climate Change Experts Agree, by David Adam
Guardian poll reveals almost nine out of 10 climate experts do not believe current political efforts will keep warming below 2C. Almost nine out of 10 climate scientists do not believe political efforts to restrict global warming to 2C will succeed, a Guardian poll reveals today. An average rise of 4-5C by the end of this century is more likely, they say, given soaring carbon emissions and political constraints.

Resist or Become Serfs
By Chris Hedges
America is devolving into a third-world nation. And if we do not immediately halt our elite’s rapacious looting of the public treasury we will be left with trillions in debts, which can never be repaid, and widespread human misery which we will be helpless to ameliorate. . .

The Startling Effects of Going Vegetarian for Just One Day
By Kathy Freston, Huffington Post. Posted April 2, 2009.
Sometimes, solutions to the world's biggest problems are right in front of us. The following statistics are eye-opening, to say the least.

Why Suburbs May Become the Next Slums
By David Villano, Miller-McCune.com. Posted February 18, 2009.
The poor are fleeing our cities, but life is not always greener in the suburbs, even when affordable housing comes with a two-car garage.

Rethinking Afghanistan
Brave New Foundation released the first chapter of "Rethink Afghanistan," a new full-length documentary about the U.S. escalating military involvement in the country

Resilience Thinking by Brian Walker
Life is full of surprises. Sometimes we take them in stride; some times they trip us up. Resilience thinking offers a fresh way of understanding the world around us and of managing our natural resources.

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