 Event focuses on climate change and peak oil
(Asheville Citizen-Times: Thu, 03 Jan) "ClimateSpace: An 'Unconference' on Climate Change and Peak Oil" sponsored by Smith Mill Creek Permaculture School, will be held 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday at the West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road in West Asheville.
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 Peak oil theories
(Financial Times: Wed, 02 Jan) As millenarian prophecies go, “the peak is nigh” might not carry the same doom-packing punch as a promised “end”. Except, that is, in oil circles.
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 OTHER FILM EVENTS
(Tucson Citizen: Thu, 03 Jan) "WHAT A WAY TO GO: LIFE AT THE END OF EMPIRE": Natural Systems Solutions, a project of Attraction Retreat, presents this documentary about a middle-class American coming to grips with peak oil, climate change, mass extinction, population overshoot and the demise of the American lifestyle. Facilitated discussion using open question circles follows. When: 5:45-9:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Bookmans ...
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 Low prices seen threat to UK organic beef
(Environmental News Network: Sat, 05 Jan) LONDON (Reuters) - British retailers must pay more for domestically produced organic beef because current prices are unfair and unsustainable, a leading organic food certification body said on Friday. The Soil Association said in a report issued on Friday that some key supermarkets are not paying enough to cover production costs and choosing to import organic beef even though there could easily ...
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 UK: Organic beef producers under threat report claims
(Just Food: Fri, 04 Jan) A new report from the Soil Association shows British organic beef producers are getting short-changed by processors and some key supermarkets who aren’t paying enough to cover the costs of production.
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 Oil price prompts super re-think
(ABC via Yahoo!7 News: Thu, 03 Jan) Tasmanians are being urged to think carefully about their long-term investments, as the price of oil continues to rise.
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 City initiative on 'peak oil'
(The Scotsman: Fri, 28 Dec) EDINBURGH is set to become one of the first UK cities to actively reduce its dependency on oil.
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 My Secret Life: Rob Newman, comedian & writer
(Independent: Sat, 29 Dec) Rob Newman was born on 7 July 1964. A comedian, author and political activist, he read English at Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he met David Baddiel, Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt, alongside whom he appeared in The Mary Whitehouse Experience from 1990 to 1993. Six years later, he covered the Seattle protests for Channel 4 News. He continues to perform sell-out live shows and has written three ...
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