Yesterday, I explored the carbon captured by a straw bale building as a factor in getting to a carbon neutral/negative household. Today, I want to look at how far building-integrated photovoltaics can get us.  Let's start with a breakdown of typical residential energy demand.

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In unemployed worker groups and common security clubs across the country, participants are facing two grim realities. The first is that jobs that vanished aren’t coming back.

The discussion about our energy supply is full of extremely optimistic expectations.

Radio jock rants portray horde of angry car commuters, but even mayor's enemies are bike lovers.

Don’t tar Utah
The Salt Lake Tribune
Aug 7, 2010

With little advance notice, a plan to extract Utah’s tar sands was presented last week at a hearing of Utah’s Division of Oil, Gas and Mining, which can rule on the plan in a month (“Groups challenge plans for Utah tar sands mine,” Tribune, July 27).

Canada's energy industry
Tarred with the same brush
The Gulf spill has focused American minds on pollution from Canadian oil producers. But cleaning up the tar sands will not be easy

Aug 5th 2010 | ottawa
The Economist

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By Dawn Paley - August 10, 2010

Attached is a brief psycho-social/trauma resource guide that was created based on the info and resources made available from Harmony Counseling and the Peer to Peer Support for Activist folks. Much thanks to them for all of their generous info and support. Please circulate as you like.