It’s long past time for me to do a little housekeeping on this blog (and computer!), including giving the latest round-up of interesting websites I’ve come across recently, and updating the Blogroll on the right-hand side of the page, there.
Accordingly:
links to live by ~
“Scientists Cite ‘Pressing’ Need to Limit Greenhouse Gases” – NYTimes.com
“‘Perfect storm’ looms for food supply – IOL SciTech
“Peak Oil? Urban Farms? Cuba’s been There, Done It” – David Tracey, TheTyee.ca
“Biofuels land grab in Kenya’s Tana Delta fuels talks of war” - Tracy McVeigh, guardian.co.uk
“Animal Husbandry & The Horn of Africa Famine” – Merritt Clifton, Animal People, September 2011
“In Midwest, Monarch Butterflies’ Flutters May Be Far Fewer” – Andrew Pollack, NYTimes.com
“Monsanto Stomps Down Budding Seed Competitors” – Christopher Leonard, CommonDreams.org
“Organic v. Monsanto” – Danielle Magnuson, http://www.Utne.com
“Effectively silencing Canada’s whistleblowers” – David Hutton, TheStar.com
“Rise of the Superweeds” – Mara Grunbaum, discovermagazine.com
“Vat Meat” – http://www.VeganScientist.com
Alliance Guinea – In support of justice and democracy in Guinea
Ecology Without Nature blog – Tim Morton
The Victoria Vegan blog – Dave Shishkoff, Friends of Animals
Food Ethics Council – For a fairer food system
links to bake with~
“One 9 inch gluten-free tart crust” – courtesy of GonePie.com
“The Pantry: Thickeners” – how and where to use arrowroot, agar, tapioca, cornstarch … essential information for vegan baking!
“How to Make Vegan Butter” – courtesy of veganbaking.net
tahinitoo – a vegan food, adventure, craft, and photo blog
Madcap Cupcake ~ sweet ~ crafty ~ baketivism
I Eat Grass | For the Pop-Vegan Community – Ayinde Howell
E-book “Cuisine francaise vegan” – 75 free recipes, in French
That’s enough for now… enjoy!
And let me know if you find blogs relevant to mine that I should link to, or articles I should know about! Thanks!
Looks like you have been doing a lot of internet searching. I’ll make sure to come back and look through the links on a rainy afternoon, probably tomorrow knowing the terrible British weather!!
Thank you Anthony! Let me know what you think of the links once you get a chance to read them!
Some I’d add on:
Transition Culture: http://transitionus.org/ and http://transitionculture.org/
This goes past the theoretical, providing day-to-day operation instructions for a successful energy descent society. Transition Towns are up and running right now in several countries, including the US.
New Economics: http://www.neweconomics.org/ and http://neweconomicsinstitute.org/
Bobby Kennedy famously noted back in 1968 that GNP was not the best measure of a society’s success, but it (as GDP) is still used today. GDP does not measure whether the people experience happiness, just whether corporations make profits. The NEF and NEI propose a new economic model in which the things that really matter to us are our measure of success, and which acknowledges that infinite growth simply is not possible in a finite world.
Time Banks: http://timebanks.org/
This economy means lots of people are having trouble paying. But what if you could pay with a skill? Contribute some time of your skill; withdraw some time of someone else’s skill. Great idea and going strong in lots of cities already.
Thank you Rob!
I love community currency such as the Time Banks model you mentioned! Thanks for bringing it in to the discussion! Currently, while not enrolled in any official local currency, we have been doing a lot of skill-sharing and bartering with our neighbors, exchanging baked goods and fresh produce for use of chainsaws, machinery, materials and tools. It’s wonderful, and absolutely necessary in our financial situation.
Appreciate the economic analysis in your New Economics links, and the practical approach in the Transition Towns information!