Peak Oil Hits / Transition Begins

Peak Oil to date has been a concept and something very hard to pin down due to the possibility of new resources being discovered. 
No longer. 
According to Chelsea Green and The Oil Drum, concept is now a reality, and now is the time to start living in the real world. 

‘This energy transition can happen gracefully with [...]

The Green Scene Oct 6th

She may be presenting herself as a sassy maverick, but Sarah Palin is continuing to show she knows very little about how the world really works. Maybe its got something to do with her advisers. Hence….
Could the financial crisis force earth’s citizens to lower their individual carbon footprints? Little taster here. A report on the [...]

The Green Scene Sept 15th

Check out Climate Challenge, Greenpeace’s newest inter school fundraising / campaigning project.
Arnie puts his muscle behind eco-driving USA.
Eco-geeks guide to personalised wind turbines – one gets to save money, reduce ones carbon footprint and ask oneself ‘what kind of wind turbine defines me as a person?’.
Also on EcoGeek, how to identify corporate greenwashing with a [...]

The Green Scene

Ever wonder where the world’s biggest wind farms projects are located? Wonder no more.
Swami Ramdev threatens ‘protest and political ruin’ on India’s political elite if they do not ‘purify the chronically polluted Ganges’. Take note. This kind of people power (we do live in a democracy after all) is the only way we can see [...]

Where the hell is Matt?

There is something utterly simple yet toe-curlingly epic about this video. Where the hell is Matt? He’s only on bloody youtube in one of the best videos I’ve seen in a long while!

How Evolution Works

I was never into the maths of evolution (actually I was never into maths period so maybe that explains a few things).
I look at a reptile whose skin perfectly camouflages it against a complex background and I go ‘how in the hell is that possible?’ I see a plant whose flower ingeniously imitates the [...]

‘Food Matters’ Official Trailer

Tucking into Nick Cave’s ‘Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!’ in preparation for the gig in Dublin Castle. Doesnt hit like the rest. Yet!
I like this trailer for alot of obvious reasons and alot of less obvious ones.
Obviously, it’s a truthful examination of the ’sickness industry’ that prospers in most ‘modern’ states. It’s got great one liners. The [...]

Forget ’slow news day’ – THIS… is Lazy Post day!

Just watched Lions for Lambs and I was debating a solid review until I found this little gem in my hard drive – a gift from a friend. In the future, people should really be able to share audio-visual content the way we used to make tapes for our friends back in the crazy C20’s. [...]

Obama On American Energy Future

Who knows if my man will get in. Ill have to tuck into my news feeds here to see how the election is going. Regardless it is great to see someone who people respect so much talking sense about the earth, wherever he ends up.
I am not happy with a few of the ideas or [...]