Paper: Threats to Global Sustainability Dec02

Paper: Threats to Gl...

[This paper isn't due until Monday - I finished it Thursday night. Enjoy!]   Executive Summary: Impediments to Establishing Global Sustainability   Ron Khare The purpose of this paper is to identify and clearly explain the single largest challenge to the establishment of global...

The Jeavons Paradox (or, The Reason We’re Screwed) Nov20

The Jeavons Paradox ...

Reading: The Efficiency Dilemma (which you can read HERE!)   The better (more efficient) we are at doing something industrial (using coal power, increasing miles-per=gallon), the more we end up doing it. That is, rather than see an overall decrease of gasoline consumption due to more...

Natural Capitalism readings Nov06

Natural Capitalism r...

The obscure we always see sooner or later; the obvious always seems to take a little longer. – Edward R. Murrow I’m rather fortunate – a few days before the block started, a friend had picked some some sustainability-themed books at a local second-hand store and gave them to...

Permaculture Talent ...

 [We apparently have to have a talent show for our Permaculture class. Being rather talentless, I was somewhat inspired to write a poem (in a poor imitation of Blake). I don't write poems often (or at all), and again, this is obviously the first draft of a rough idea... but here ya...

What is the Sustaina...

I’ve been asking myself this since I started: What is the Sustainable Living Coalition? What does it do? Why does it exist? Who benefits? How do we fit into the larger picture? So let me ask you…. Is the SLC: 1) An Educational Organization, with the primary purpose of providing...