Archive for 'Uutiset'
Food & agriculture - March 14
Posted on March 14, 2010, under Sekalaista, Uutiset.
- The Femivore’s dilemma
- Sharon Astyk: Poultry is a feminist issue?
- Global hunt for phosphates is on
- Vandana Shiva: Water wisdom
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
Peak oil & supplies - March 14
Posted on March 14, 2010, under Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.
- Kuwaiti scientists predict peak oil production for 2014
- Forecasting world crude oil production using multicyclic Hubbert model (paper)
- Study sees efficiency as key to meeting energy needs (CERA)
- Traders bet on higher gasoline prices
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
Food & agriculture - Mar 12
Posted on March 12, 2010, under Sekalaista, Uutiset.
-Grow your own’ revolution receives major land boost
-Slow foodies are not cavemen
-What’s driving our favorite fruit into decline?
-A Backlash After San Francisco Labels Sewage Sludge “Organic”
-How Locavores Could Save the World
-Increasing Yields and Decreasing Fertilizer Waste on Subsistence Farms
-How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab
-Greenhouse project promotes self-sufficiency
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
ODAC Newsletter - Mar 12
Posted on March 12, 2010, under Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.
What do you do if you’re an energy consultancy that finds itself on the wrong side of the peak oil argument just as much of the oil industry and the rest of the world embraces the idea? The solution devised by eternal optimists IHS CERA, hosting a conference in Houston this week, is to sidestep this embarrassing development by simply rebranding the problem: ‘peak demand’.
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
Living Hero interview with Vandana Shiva
Posted on March 10, 2010, under Sekalaista, Uutiset.
Around the world civilian rights to food and water are being eroded by the patenting of life forms and by privatization of water systems. Some farmers have been hit with law suits for patent infringement, while they were planting heritage seeds. The outspoken, multi-talented Vandana Shiva, joins us to talk about these and other issues of capitalist globalization. She is a celebrated ecofeminist, grassroots activist, research physicist, author, and international advocate for alternatives to global corporate hegemony.
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
Gas - Mar 10
Posted on March 10, 2010, under Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.
-US EPA chief concerned about gas drilling fluids
-Europe the new frontier in shale gas rush
-The true cost of shale gas production
-The Natural Gas Shopping Spree Quickens
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
The Story of Transition Tales
Posted on March 8, 2010, under Sekalaista, Uutiset.
This is the story of Transition Tales, a small group within Transition Town Totnes. One of the aims of this project is to raise awareness within Primary and Secondary School children of the transition solution of community led response to the twin challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change by creating positive stories.
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
Collaboratively We Are Really, Really Smart
Posted on March 8, 2010, under Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.
KrisCan talks with designer Ken Eklund, the creator of World Without Oil, an online game that dealt with the first 32 weeks of a global oil crisis where players were encouraged to contribute stories, podcasts or videos that chronicled their experience of an imagined reality…
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
Environmental film wins Academy Award
Posted on March 8, 2010, under Polttoaineet, Sekalaista, Uutiset.
The Cove's poster image
There were two environmental films in the Best Documentary category at the 2010 Academy Awards, but it was a film calling for an end of dolphin slaughter in Japan that took home the Oscar statuette.
The Cove was directed by Louie Psihoyos and features former Flipper , Ric O’Barry, who now dedicates his life to putting an end to the captive dolphin industry.
The movie focuses on a particular fishing village in Japan, Taiji, where every year thousands of dolphins are corralled and brutally killed, turning the sea around the village into a huge pool of blood. Dolphin meat is notorious for being laden with mercury. Besides, the real profit comes from the multi-billion captive dolphin industry, to which the fishermen sell some of the dolphins they capture.
Besides the shocking theme, the film captured the world’s attention for its action thriller structure. In order to make the film, the activists had to use state-of-the-art equipment to avoid the locals’ paranoid and aggressive surveillance, as the filmmakers were not welcome to film the gruesome proceedings in Taiji. The result is a mixture of investigative journalism and stunning imagery that culminates with the revelation of what goes on at the cove.
The producers now hope that the Oscar win will increase exposure for the film in Japan, although those interested in continuing with this cruel and environmentally unsound trade have been making threats against them.
The popular exposé of the food industry Food Inc. was the other environmental movie competiting for the Best Documentary award.
Trailer for The Cove
Lähde: EnergyRefuge.com Blog
Got Data and Regs!
Posted on March 6, 2010, under Sekalaista, Uutiset.
Going organic is proving to be a good investment for small and medium-sized farmers—and they are receiving some government protection against Big Agriculture as well.
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
