Archive for June, 2008
Preparing for a Post Peak Life
0 Comments Published by Andre Angelantoni June 23rd, 2008 in Commentary, Lifestyle, Peak Oil, Social Responsibility, Transportation.This following is a guest post by André Angelantoni, President of PostPeakLiving.com. André is also Cofounder of Post Carbon Marin and writes and speaks on peak oil and how to prepare to live in a world of scarce and expensive oil.
It looks like we’ve collectively made a huge mistake: we are fast approaching the point [...]
Re-thinking what you consider to be junk: re-use and re-purpose
2 Comments Published by Seamus Ford June 20th, 2008 in Commentary, Family/Children, Recycling, Social Responsibility.The world is filling up with stuff.
Modern industrial society has lost touch with the real value of what it produces. Our wasteful consumption and our disposable attitude toward so much of what we produce and use is going to hurt our children. In spite of the fact that most parents would never [...]
Environmentally Conscious Landscaping
0 Comments Published by Seamus Ford June 18th, 2008 in Commentary, landscaping.In another article we talked about the idea of killing your front lawn. The idea being that in the United States a huge amount of resources go into keeping lawns green. 40 billions dollars is spent annually on 18 million acres of residential lawns in the United States.
The treatment and upkeep of those [...]
