Australia’s first female Prime Minister

Photo from news.com.au Thank goodness for live steaming TV on the internet. I’ve been glued to the Australian news all afternoon, waiting to see if Australia was going to get it’s first female Prime Minister. Sure enough, we did. Julia Gillard was sworn into office sometime after noon local time and is now attending her [...]

The Perfect Storm: Six Trends Converging on Collapse

I have an uneasy feeling lately. Everywhere I look I see signs that all is not well. Of course, I’ve been seeing those signs for a couple of years, but things seem to be speeding up and now more and more people appear to be noticing. What interesting times we live in. There are dark [...]

A Farm for the Future

I thought I was getting better, but alas I was fooled. I’m still down with this illness, which seems to have progressed to a rotten headache and deep lethargy. I can’t find the energy to write any posts so instead, here is a video I found today at the Simple, Green, Frugal Co-op. Hope you [...]

Vision and Action; Transition

“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.” The Transition Movement combines a wonderful vision with meaningful action. Watch In Transition 1.0 for some inspiration:

Environment#3: Resource Limitations ~ Food

Photo by: Bern@t For some background reading on related issues, try these articles first: Environment#1: The Issue of Human Population Growth Energy#1: What is Peak Oil Environment#2: Resource Limitations~ Water It’s time to start thinking about Food Security When you think about the factors affecting food production (climate, water, arable land, fertiliser, energy) it’s easy to see [...]

International Day of Climate Action – Oct 24

Food and Farm (from 350.org) Food shortages and climate impacts There is a growing movement around the world centered around the way food is grown and distributed. In many places, access to food is still a severe problem, and food costs are rising. Overall, the aggregate global price of food has doubled in real terms [...]

Confessional: All my flying makes me a bad human

Photo By: Gilbert R. On Sunday I returned from yet another trip away. I swear I’ve been away from home at least once per month this year and I’m feeling burned out from it all. To set the scene, my job requires me to attend quite a number of meetings throughout the year. Nearly all [...]

World Food Day ’09- Achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis

Photo by: Bernat “In the next 50 years we will need to produce as much food as has been consumed over our entire human history. That means in the working life of my children, more grain than ever produced since the Egyptians, more fish than eaten to date, more milk than from all the cows [...]

World-Changing Wednesdays

Photo by: Norma Desmond Since I started this blog I’ve really been focusing on what we’ve been doing to live a more self-sufficient and sustainable lifestyle. I have mentioned Voluntary Simplicity and given some broad reasons about why we are changing our life, but today I really want to jump right in and outline some [...]

Home

Brendan and I watch a lot of documentaries, but last night we watched what I consider to be the best documentary I’ve ever seen. Home takes viewers on a ride around an Earth put in dire peril by its most adaptable life form, humanity. The shot-from-above cinematography is simply stunning. French photographer Yann Arthus-Betrand has managed to turn the [...]