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Raw Feeds Notice: within our raw, real-time feeds, the Sociative distillation engine has eliminated ~99% of the noise you see in a typical Twitter feed, however these feeds have not yet had the final touch of human curation you see on our home page and topics. As a result, it's normal for great stories to be accompanied by a few stories that are somewhat off topic or roughly formatted. [ more ]
Local, self-sufficient, optimistic: are Transition Towns the way forward?
The Guardian
8 mentions — 4 days ago
'There is no cavalry coming to the rescue' … Rob Hopkins, co-founder of the Transition network, which promotes local, self-sufficient economic development. Photograph: Jim Wileman/PALate last year, Rob Hopkins went to a conference. Most of the delegates were chief executive officers at local authorities, but it was not ...
Local, self-sufficient, optimistic: are Transition Towns the way forward?
The Guardian
2 mentions — 4 days ago
'There is no cavalry coming to the rescue' … Rob Hopkins, co-founder of the Transition network, which promotes local, self-sufficient economic development. Photograph: Jim Wileman/PALate last year, Rob Hopkins went to a conference. Most of the delegates were chief executive officers at local authorities, but it was not ...
Making a biomess: a very British conundrum
Post-Carbon-Living
2 mentions — 3 days ago
There really is money to be made out of what we throw away. The old days of the rag and bone man are truly behind us. Now we have a modern version. A few weeks ago an old van drove pulled into our cul de sac. It drove ...
“No Local” Greg Sharzer
Post-Carbon-Living
1 mentions — 13 hours ago
ISBN 978 1 84694 671 4. “No Local – Why Small-Scale Alternatives Won’t Change the World” by Greg Sharzer as published by Zero Books in 2012. This is a small book by a relatively unknown author. Its cover and title attempts to ape Naomi Klein’s “No Logo” but ...
Stunning Satellite Images of Earth | TIME.com
world.time.com
3 mentions — 1 month ago
Spacecraft and telescopes are not built by people interested in what’s going on at home. Rockets fly in one direction: up. Telescopes point in one direction: out. Of all the cosmic bodies studied in the long history of astronomy and space travel, the one that got the least ...
'How on Earth?' - A Book for a New Economy
Indiegogo
2 mentions — 1 week ago
What on Earth is this project?At the Post Growth Institute, we are writing a book: How on Earth? Flourishing in a Not-for-Profit World by 2050. This will be the world’s first book to explore the prospect of not-for-profit enterprise becoming the central model of local, national and international ...
World's poorest will feel brunt of climate change, warns World Bank
guardian.co.uk
1 mentions — 8 hours ago
Droughts, floods, sea-level rises and fiercer storms likely to undermine progress in developing world and hit food supplyPakistan says the 2010 floods has affected about 20 million people, many of whom lost homes or livelihoods. Photograph: Warrick Page/Getty Images for UNMillions of people around the world are likely ...
All-Time Heat Records Broken in . . . Alaska?!
Climate Central
2 mentions — 1 day ago
An independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the American public.Climate Central surveys and conducts scientific research on climate change and informs the public of key findings. Our scientists publish and our journalists report on ...
What's going on with the weather?
BBC News
1 mentions — 10 hours ago
Forecasts looking that far ahead are not usually released with a huge fanfare because the people who produce them aren't sure of them. The more distant the forecast, the greater the difficulty of getting it right. So many things can change to make the weather better than expected ...
Google Engineer Maps Every River in Continental U.S.
Field & Stream
1 mentions — 9 hours ago
Nelson Minar, an engineer for Google, spent a few weeks creating this vector map. I mean every river—even the ditch behind my house, is included.If you're the super nerdy type and understand what NHDPLus dataset, D3 Leaflet hybrid, or Polymaps mean, head on over to Minar's post about ...
Transition Politics
Transition Network
1 mentions — 20 hours ago
As a member of Transition City Lancaster I've sometimes thought provocatively of starting a Politics Group. Such a proposal wouldn't find Steering Group agreement, of course, because Transition is non-political. But in the course of making our 2030 vision of a peaceful post-oil world a reality can we ...
Off the rebound & doing stuff
Post-Carbon-Living
1 mentions — 1 day ago
“Do Green Products Make Us Better People?” was a research paper published by researchers from the University of Toronto. They found that “mere exposure to green products and the purchase of such products lead to markedly different behavioral consequences“. Good consequences? No; “people act less altruistically and are ...
TEEB natural capital at risk business externalities
trucost.com
1 mentions — 1 day ago
Trucost has undertaken this study on behalf of the TEEB for Business Coalition. Findings of this report build on TEEB’s The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Business and Enterprise and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation by estimating in monetary terms ...
Risks of, and Responses to, the New Fossil Fuel Economy
Publications at SEI
1 mentions — 1 day ago
This fact sheet describes a two-year SEI project to explore the implications of new investments in fossil fuel infrastructure and technologies. For the past two decades, national and international climate change mitigation efforts have focused on policies that promote low-carbon technologies and practices. As a result, many technological ...
The feds get seriously creepy about climate change
Grist
1 mentions — 1 day ago
It’s about your friend — you know, the one who has been paranoid about the government spying on her eco-activism for years? She uses Tor and only chats OTR, which is really inconvenient for you! And still she can’t shake the sneaking suspicion that the National Security Agency ...
Steady Statesmanship Goes Global
Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Ec...
1 mentions — 1 day ago
On Earth Day this year I was honored to represent CASSE at the 67th Meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Based on my views from the meeting, we have finally reached a point where UN member states and staff, including Secretary General Ban Ki Moon,
Is it too Late to Combat Climate Change?
WRI Insights
1 mentions — 1 day ago
Climate change impacts are already being felt in the United States and around the world. The latest International Energy Agency (IEA) report confirms that energy-related carbon dioxide emissions hit an all-time high last year.While things may look bad today, unchecked global warming will exponentially increase the human and ...
One of those days
Transition Network
1 mentions — 1 day ago
It’s 9am and I’m still sitting at the kitchen table, wondering whether another cup of coffee will do the trick. For the first time in months, I’ve looked at several of the blogs I normally follow, checked emails and even briefly ventured onto Facebook, but the overwhelming triviality ...
Is HS2 really the best way to spend £33bn?
new economics foundation
1 mentions — 1 day ago
We are on the verge of the biggest transport investment in UK history. With a cost to taxpayers of £33bn, High Speed 2 (HS2)’s massive price tagis almost too big to visualise – which might explain how it has got this far without more public concern over its ...
News & Star
Cumbria farmer claims windfarm backlash left fami...
1 mentions — 1 day ago
A farmer claims he has been subjected to a 13 month “reign of terror” over plans for a wind turbine on his farm.He said they had waged a campaign against him his wife, Julie, and three young children, including damage to his property, verbal abuse, allowing his animals ...
Buy the book
Transition Network
2 mentions — 11 hours ago
Something is stirring. People around the world are deciding that the well-being of their local community and its economy lies with them. They’re people like you. They’ve had enough, and, rather than waiting for permission, they’re rolling up their sleeves, getting together with friends and neighbours, and doing ...
5 reasons to visit SuperHomes
superhomes.org.uk
1 mentions — 3 days ago
Visiting a SuperHome is a great way to introduce friends and colleagues to the possibilities for a greener future.There are various ways that you can select a home to visit. But please don’t leave it too close to the event. Some homes get very busy.Also see:SuperHomes Week 16 – 24 Mar: Eco Renovation takes centre stage4 ways to search for a SuperHomeNews ArchivesSelect Month June 2013(1) March 2013(1) February 2013(5) January 2013(2) November 2012(1) October 2012(3) September 2012(1) August 2012(1) July 2012(1) April 2012(3) March 2012(6) February 2012(2) January 2012(5) ...
Bad winter sees 'huge loss of bees'
BBC News
1 mentions — 2 days ago
This winter's losses of honey bee colonies were the worst since records began six years ago, according to a survey carried out by the British Beekeepers Association.All regions of England saw dramatic declines with the numbers lost more than double the previous 12 months.This year's poor winter, following ...
New Left Project
Some rubbish in Brighton
1 mentions — 2 days ago
Refuse and recycling workers in Brighton and Hove are currently half way through a week-long strike over pay. You can see coverage of this weekend's rally at the GMB site. Piles of rubbish are growing across town. They're not exactly pleasant, especially when it's windy or sunny (and ...
Credit union rules 'burdensome'
BBC News
1 mentions — 2 days ago
Credit union rules are 'burdensome' and government plans to relax them do not go far enough, a think tank says.They should be allowed to charge more and take bigger deposits if they are to become a viable alternative to high-cost lenders, says Civitas.Credit unions are financial co-operatives that ...
Two hops for trans-US solar plane
BBC News
1 mentions — 2 days ago
A solar-powered plane aiming to cross the US coast-to-coast has set off on its fourth leg, from St Louis, Missouri, to Washington DC.But the Solar Impulse team made a last-minute decision to stop over briefly in Cincinnati, Ohio, because of strong winds expected on the journey.That would have ...
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Overseas climate change threatens UK
BBC News
1 mentions — 2 days ago
Climate change abroad will have a more immediate effect on the UK than climate change at home, a report says.Research by consultants PWC for Defra says the UK is likely to be hit by increasingly volatile prices of many commodities as the climate is disrupted. The report says ...
Small Merchants: Getting Noticed Among "Big Box Noise"
huffingtonpost.com
1 mentions — 2 days ago
Let's face it: The "big box" brands have the marketing muscle to both create and dominate most of the noise in the consumer marketplace - be it stores, restaurants or services. Smaller or emerging merchants might be intimidated by today's business landscape, especially when considering they don't have ...
Raising Kids for a Resilient Future
Peak Prosperity
1 mentions — 2 days ago
We are heading into a future that does not follow the rules and expectations that the past few generations have been raised to expect.Parents and caregivers, relatives, friends, mentors – it makes no difference; we are raising the current generation together.We are all newcomers to this changing landscape.How ...
How To Start A Tool Library (or any other lending library)
resilience.org
3 mentions — 2 days ago
Would you like to start a lending library in your neighborhood, but aren’t sure what it would take? Or maybe you’re concerned about the liability of loaning tools out that people can cut their fingers off with? It’s not as difficult or as scary as you might think,
Europe in transition: Local communities leading the way to a low-carbon society
aeidl.eu
1 mentions — 1 day ago
(17 June 2013) - “Europe in transition: Local communities leading the way to a low-carbon society” is the title of a new publication by AEIDL, which explores the recent growth in Europe of community-led action on climate change.In cities, towns, villages and rural areas across Europe, small groups ...
The anti-wind Blobby
Greenpeace UK
1 mentions — 2 days ago
The Telegraph is yet again trying to pretend that Noel Edmonds’ anti-wind lobby, the cosmically ordered Renewable Energy Foundation, is a reliable source of data. In case you don’t remember, this is the organisation which produces nonsensical made-up ‘reports’ attacking wind power, whilst claiming on their home page ...
Banking 2020: A vision for the future
new economics foundation
1 mentions — 2 days ago
Steve Tolley , EditorBanking is transforming. In the hope of ensuring financial meltdown like that of 2008 never happens again, UK and European policymakers are summoning a range of new rules, and regulators, to change the way the banks do business. By 2020, the dust will have settled ...
Welcome to Foxholes Camping: Shropshire Camping, Touring Campsite Wales, Country Camping Powys, Camping Mid Wales, Craven Arms Eco-Friendly Camping, Tour Camping Bishops Castle
foxholes-castle.co.uk
1 mentions — 3 days ago
Foxholes Castle Camping is a Touring Campsite for tents, caravans and camper vans, it is situated on the Shropshire Welsh Border an area known as the Welsh Marches, ten minutes walk on the Shropshire way from the beautiful market town of Bishops Castle.It is an ideal campsite to ...
Google+ Conversation with Al Gore about Combating Climate Change - Hangout on Air
Hangout on Air
1 mentions — 2 days ago
Google+ Conversation with Al Gore about Combating Climate Change - Hangout on AirSign in with your Google Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to like TakePart's video.Sign in with your Google Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to dislike TakePart's video.Sign in with your ...
2013 Commencement Speaker: James Gustave "Gus" Speth
youtube.com
1 mentions — 2 days ago
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