Making a Biochar Stove

Today I constructed a small biochar stove from found materials: a paint can, a Christmas cookie tin and an old metal stack. The only tools required were: a can opener, a screw driver, a hammer and tin snips. It took me all of a half hour to construct. Check out the new book by Albert [...]

USDA GMO Policy

Monsanto and the USDA are in this together, which is probably not new news to anyone interested in the topic. Watch this video.

Sharon Astyk’s 2011 Predictions

After reading this I feel that it is a good idea to throw it back out there. Some interesting insights from Sharon Astyk. “This year I have a jump on my predictions – as part of my comparatively new role as Editor of the Peak Oil Review Commentary section, I had the fun of asking [...]

The Onion Speaks Again: Alternative Energy Projects

Again, how can I resist posting this on alternative energy projects? Eh? Somehow the Onion always says it better than the typical news. And it always seems more true. Click here.

Is There an Ecological Unconscious?

“About eight years ago, Glenn Albrecht began receiving frantic calls from residents of the Upper Hunter Valley, a 6,000-square-mile region in southeastern Australia. For generations the Upper Hunter was known as the “Tuscany of the South” — an oasis of alfalfa fields, dairy farms and lush English-style shires on a notoriously hot, parched continent. “The [...]