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March 07

by Sarah Pullman (30 Questions)

What stories about sustainability endeavours have you heard that give you hope?

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This project! Thank you for
by Your Name (not verified) on Sun, 03/26/2006 - 08:44

This project! Thank you for developing this.

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peak oil
by Nick (not verified) on Tue, 03/07/2006 - 21:03

When the price of gas rose recently to over $1/ liter, car ads extolling mileage rather than cupholders and stereo immediately bloomed on TV. The quicker we all see rapid increase in prices of petro products, the better. All the adbuster articles in the world haven't moved the car mnufacturers one titch. Cost is what gets the attention of us greedy middle class folks Also, Amory Lovins has always led the discussion about negawatts and related matters. We have the technology to use energy efficiently and have a better world if we use products which are on store shelves right now.

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I like what the workless party has to say, they inspired me
by Gordon (not verified) on Tue, 03/07/2006 - 13:36

Manage your life, manage the planet.

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managing the unmanageable
by Sean Moore (not verified) on Wed, 03/08/2006 - 07:42

Regarding the workless party comment... I agree with managing our lives properly. But I disagree with the notion that human beings can manage the planet. If anything, the planet manages us. We can control our actions and our impacts on nature, but we cannot control nature itself. That is a very anthropocentric perspective, which is the fundamental reason why we are on the current path of unsustainability. As much as we like to imagine, human beings are not smart enough to manage something as complex as nature. I DO enjoy the workless party's ideas on shorter work weeks though :)

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Here's an inspiring article
by Sarah Pullman on Tue, 03/07/2006 - 11:28

Here's an inspiring article to check out...

Click here to view (it'll take you to the Adbusters site)

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CommonFire.org
by Gregory Heller (not verified) on Tue, 03/07/2006 - 11:24

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of spending a weekend with Jeff and Kavitha of CommonFire.org. They are building a sustainable co-op housing community in Red Hook New York (in the Hudson Valley). The building has geo-thermal heat, solar power, root cellar storage for veggies. The are nestled alongside an sustainable farm that participated in CSA (community supported agriculture programs) and the farmer will be one of the cooperators.

The building in Red Hook is a Platinum LEED certified, a tremendous achievement. And it will become an example for green/sustainable residential buildings.

After the finish the CommonFire Red Hook House, and it stabilizes, they will be looking to build similar communities in other parts of the United States.

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