Australia & Oceania

Mind control - July 24

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2012-07-24

<p>- Murdoch Censorship Gives the Lie to ‘Freedom of Speech’ Claims<br />
- Journatic worker takes ‘This American Life’ inside outsourced journalism<br />
- Forgive us our Press Passes (audio)<br />
- Aggressive Cluelessness: Then and Now</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-07-24/mind-control-july-24">read more</a></p>

The draft National Food Plan: putting corporate hunger first

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Sun, 2012-07-22

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/occupy_food_supply.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="66" /></span>The Federal Government released on Tuesday the green paper for Australia’s first-ever National Food Plan.

Peak oil - June 28

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2012-06-27

<p>- Has The Peak Oil Idea… Peaked? If so, does the planet stand a chance?<br />
- Oil: the party is over, says OpenMind AM<br />
- Exon CEO Rex Tillerson: The New North American Energy Paradigm: Reshaping the Future<br />
- Australia’s growing oil imports are an energy security issue<br />
- 10 mouse clicks to calculate Australian crude oil depletion of 83 per cent</p>

How to apply resilience thinking—In Australia and beyond

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2012-06-21

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/Rio_Walker_Figure2.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="80" /></span>Resilience, in the context of the earth’s ecosystems, is defined as the capacity to absorb a shock, reorganize, and continue to function as before.

Emergency action plan for New Zealanders (and others)

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2012-06-05

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/Fleeing-Vesuvius-L_7.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="78" height="100" /></span>We believe that New Zealand, like all other countries, is about to&nbsp;enter a period of extended crisis.

Food, Farmers and the TPP

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2012-06-05

<p>I write this as an American living in Aotearoa who is deeply concerned by the "trade" deal being negotiated between our countries (or more correctly, between our countries' corporations and their political cronies).

Deep thought - May 10

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2012-05-10

<p>- Don’t call me an environmentalist<br />
- James Gustave Speth: America the Possible: A Manifesto, Part II<br />
- Limits to growth, food security issues and the rapid growth in Australia's population - Philip Adams interview</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-05-10/deep-thought-may-10">read more</a></p>

Seven myths used to debunk peak oil, debunked

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2012-05-03

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/800px-Hercules_slaying_the_Hydra-e1335645523125.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="69" /></span>Peak oil is a fact, not a theory.

How we can bring the world out of the mess in which it finds itself

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Mon, 2012-04-16

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/Fleeing-Vesuvius-L_6.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="78" height="100" /></span>I have tried to write this article many times in the past three to four years.

Design for surviving Vesuvius – Atamai, a permaculture village

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2012-04-12

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/Fleeing-Vesuvius-L_5.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="78" height="100" /></span>Atamai Village is an attempt to respond intelligently to the risks and opportunities outlined in other chapters of this book.

On being in time for Transition

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2012-03-27

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/jeremiah-180x180.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="100" /></span>At a time when entire peoples — and species — have lost their homes to flooding, deforestation, war, agribusiness and other forms of hatred and greed, when health has been lost to the

Carrying capacity dashboard for Australia is launched

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Sat, 2012-03-24

<p>This online tool allows you to estimate the number of people a certain area in Australia may be able to support at a national, state and bio-regional scale. Our aim is to raise awareness of the importance of carrying capacity assessment as a forward planning tool - to help establish a sustainable balance between people and their localised environment.

Sustainable economy: keeping wealth (wellbeing) in our families and communities

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Mon, 2012-03-12

<p>Before industrialisation, economy mainly referred to local economy and household economy, based on cooperative and competitive processes. How can we shift from today's centralised and global economy to a resilient local economy?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-03-12/sustainable-economy-keeping-wealth-wellbeing-our-families-and-communities">read more</a></p>

No number crunching in Alan Kohler opinion piece on premature peak oil death

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2012-03-07

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/Denial_function.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="62" /></span> <i>An awe-inspiring takedown of a sloppy story on the death of peak oil.</i></p>

Preparedness: A good alternative to denial (Review of Fleeing Vesuvius, Part 6)

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2012-03-02

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/images1_0.thumbnail.jpeg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="78" height="100" /></span>Fleeing Vesuvius finishes with an Epilogue (Part 7), in which different authors give practical suggestions about preparing for the eventual collapse of our present energy intensive economic s