My copy of The Joy of Cooking was given to me, a bit the worse for wear, by an unenthusiastic cook of my mother’s generation. The kitchen-averse donor blithely hoped I would get more use out of it than she had. For years, it's sat on the shelf between my favorite cookbooks, America Cooks, edited by Ann Seranne for the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, and a folder … [Read more...]
Unsung peak oil heroes of 2010
Inspired by the Huffington Post's "Let's Hear It for the Unappreciated Heroes of 2010," we've compiled our own list of people who tried to help the world prepare for the imminent energy crisis by transitioning to an economy beyond oil. It goes without saying that the people we list below are tireless campaigners for a better world who deserve more attention. Some of them … [Read more...]
Peak-ocalypse now: a cult of doom
Change out those barrels of potable water, haul a few more cases of pork-n-beans down to the basement and make sure that Messrs Smith and Wesson are well oiled up. That's right -- it's time again for the Peak Oil Apocalypse show, sponsored naturally, by Goldline International. To hear many peak oil bloggers talk recently, you'd think that Western society was sure to collapse … [Read more...]
Editor’s Note: ASPO conference and more
In early October Team Transition Voice headed to Washington, DC for the 6th annual Association for the Study of Peak Oil Conference, whose theme was Seeking Common Ground. We've said before that we're geeks, and, living up to all expectations, this three-day Peak-a-palooza was nothing short of a peak oil advocate's dream. Now, it didn't hurt that, climbing up out of … [Read more...]
Farming, frugality and forecasts
A talk with Sharon Astyk | Although I didn't attend the ASPO-USA conference in October with the Transition Voice team, I had the pleasure of meeting Sharon Astyk and hearing her speak recently at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello in Virginia. There, Astyk spoke about food security and our need to return to Jefferson’s idea that America's stability came from our being a "nation of … [Read more...]