| Area |
Type |
Title |
Comments |
| Community |
Article |
"Getting Fit: The Shape of
a Nation" Time Magazine June 6, 2005 pages 48-50. |
Mainstream article that promotes
walking and discusses problems with the design of our communities for walking
and biking |
| Community |
Book |
"Urban Sprawl and Public Health: Designing, Planning, and Building for
Healthy Communities" by Howard Frumkin, et al, 2004 |
Analysis of health issues (such
as obesity) related to urban sprawl.
Includes extensive history of how we got where we are today. |
| Community |
Book |
"Reclaiming Our Cities and
Towns: Better Living With Less Traffic" by David Engwicht, 1993 |
Thought provoking book on issues
related to our overly car-centric way of life. See www.lesstraffic.com. |
| Community |
Website |
Co-intelligence
Institute: www.co-intelligence.org |
Includes specific information
and links on
Community Sustainability |
| Community, Peak Oil |
Website, Conference |
The Community Solution to Peak
Oil: based in Yellow Springs, Ohio
www.communitysolution.org,
includes Second US Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions in Yellow
Springs Sept. 23-25, 2005 |
Resources about both peak oil
and small communities as a solution.
Includes free e-mail and PDF newsletters. |
| Community:
Sustainable |
Website |
Sustainable Alachua County
(Florida): www.sustainac.org |
Example of a community website
revolving around sustainability issues |
| Community:
Sustainable |
Website |
The Sustainable Communities
Network www.sustainable.org |
For those who want to help make
their communities more livable |
| Community: Walkable |
Website |
Walkable Communities: by Dan
Burden www.walkable.org |
Provides detailed analysis of
what is a walkable community |
| Energy:
Alternative |
Magazine Issue |
"The Promise of the Solar
Future" Co-op America Quarterly, No. 66 Summer 2005
www.coopamerica.org |
Website includes
section on Green Energy |
| Energy:
Alternative |
Magazine, Website |
Home Power magazine,
www.homepower.com |
Understandable resource for
solar and other alternative energies for the home |
| Energy:
Alternative |
Website |
US Department of Energy Solar
Energy Technologies Program www.eere.energy.gov/solar |
Extensive and authoritative
information about solar technologies, conferences, products, etc. |
| Energy:
Alternative |
Website |
Million Solar Roofs:
www.millionsolarroofs.com |
A public/private partnership
dedicated to the goal of a million solar roofs by 2010 |
| Energy:
Alternative |
Yahoo Group |
ColumbusBiodiesel groups.yahoo.com (note: when you search for the group make sure
you leave out spaces). |
Columbus Biodiesel & Veggie Oil as Fuel: This group has been established for people in the Columbus, Ohio area who are interested in using biodiesel and straight veggie oil as renewable fuel. |
| Energy:
Usage |
Website |
Energy Star: US Government site
www.energystar.gov |
Resource on energy efficiency
including consumer products |
| Energy:
Usage |
Website |
Green Energy Ohio:
www.greenenergyohio.org |
Nonprofit promoting
environmentally and economically sustainable energy in Ohio |
| Energy:
Usage |
Website |
The Environmental Defense Fund's
20 personal ways to reduce global warming by reducing CO2 emissions.
www.undoit.org/undoit_steps_1.cfm |
A list mixing things that are
easy to do right away and those that involve more investment of time or money |
| Food |
Article |
"Oil and Food: A Rising Security Challenge" by
Danielle Murray, May 9 2005 Earth Policy Institute
at www.earth-policy.org |
Discusses in some detail the
modern food system's heavy reliance on cheap oil. |
| Food |
Article |
"Report on the First
Relocalizing Food Circle" March - April, 2005, The Sustainable Small
Cities Project, For the Future
at www.forthefuture.org |
Specific suggestions on Santa
Barbara (or other places) becoming more self-sufficient, sustainable and
food-secure. |
| Food |
Article |
"Why Our Food Is So
Dependent On Oil" by Norman Church, 07 April, 2005,From The Wilderness
at www.countercurrents.org |
Discusses in detail
unsustainable reliance on oil in the food production system - including
organic food production - in the UK (universally applicable) |
| Global
Warming |
Article |
"A Livable Shade of Green" By Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times, July 3, 2005
at www.nytimes.com |
Portland Oregan has reduced greenhouse gas emissions
by taking steps that were intrinsically popular
and cheap, serving other purposes like reducing traffic congestion or
saving on electrical costs.
www.sustainableportland.org |
| Global
Warming |
Article |
"Glimmers of Hope on Global Warming: Moves afoot to counter U.S. Big Oil's clout"
By Stephen Hesse, The Japan Times Online, Thursday, July 28, 2005
at japantimes.co.jp |
A hopeful and interesting story about what is going on in the rest of
the world to deal with Global Warming. |
| Global
Warming |
Article Series |
"The Climate of Man" by Elizabeth
Kolbert in the New Yorker issues 4/25/05, 5/2/05, 5/9/05 at www.newyorker.com/
fact/content/?050425fa_fact3,
fact/content/?050502fa_fact3,
fact/content/?050509fa_fact3,
online/content/?050425on_onlineonly01
|
Mainstream publication that
explores the changes in the world due to global warming and concludes that we
need to act now |
| Global
Warming |
TV Series |
"Strange Days on Planet
Earth" - 4 part PBS series from National Geographic,
www.pbs.org/strangedays |
Site field work all around the
Earth documenting the very complex, interrelated, interdependent aspects of
climate change |
| Global
Warming |
Website |
The Union of Concerned
Scientists: www.ucsusa.org |
Description of global
warming. Recommends action steps. |
| Local Government: Contact |
Contact |
Michael Schwarzwalder, Director
of the Office of Environmental Stewardship
645-8828, Announcement April 7
2005 at mayor.columbus.gov |
Partnership of Columbus with the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO)
to improve environmental stewardship while encouraging the development of green buildings
and jobs in Columbus. |
| Local Government: Environment |
Article |
"U.N. CONFERENCE IN SAN
FRANCISCO World's mayors sign agreement aiming to protect the
environment" by Justin M. Norton, Associated Press -Nation & World
section, page A8, Monday, June 6 2005 Columbus Dispatch, version on CNN site
at www.cnn.com, agreement
at www.wed2005.org/3.1.php |
Mayors from around the world
signed "Urban Environmental Accords"
calling for increased public transportation and drastic cuts in trash sent to
landfills. Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman did not attend due to a prior committment. |
| Local Government: Environment |
Website |
Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission: www.morpc.org |
MORPC is a voluntary association of governments that deals with housing, transportation, water, land use, zoning, environmental and technology issues.
The MORPC Green Map is
available at public libraries as of June 2005. |
| Peak Oil |
Article |
"Drilling for Broke?
Experts Debate 'Peak Oil'" The Wall Street Journal Online
August 3, 2005. Available
at wsj.com
and at truthout.org |
"Declining oil supplies will be a watershed in the economic history of the 21st century." |
| Peak Oil |
Article |
"Is Oil Shortage
Near?" by Matt Crenson, Associated Press. The Columbus Dispatch, Sunday May 29 2005. Available
at www.planetsave.com |
Mainstream article that
discusses peak oil as a real possibility |
| Peak Oil |
Article |
"The Greatest Story Never
Told?" The American Assembler News Blog
at americanassembler.com |
Quotes experts on the reality of
peak oil |
| Peak Oil |
Book |
The Long Emergency, James Howard Kunstler, 2005. |
Predicts a hard crash from peak oil |
| Peak Oil |
Book |
"The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies" by Richard Heinberg, 2005 |
Discusses the context, social implications, and recommendations for personal, community, national, and global action. This book is a wake-up call as the oil era winds down, and a critical tool for understanding and influencing current U.S. foreign policy. |
| Peak Oil |
Book |
"Power Down: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World" by Richard Heinberg, 2004 |
This book begins with an overview of the likely impacts of oil and natural gas depletion and then outlines four options for industrial societies during the next decades. |
| Peak Oil |
Book |
Twilight in the Desert: The
Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy, Matthew R.
Simmons, 2005. |
Asserts that sudden and sharp
oil production declines could happen at any time |
| Peak Oil |
Book |
Crossing the Rubicon: The
Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil, Michael C. Ruppert, 2004. |
Ties together the issue of peak
oil with the events of 9/11. |
| Peak Oil |
Magazine Cover Story |
National Geographic, August 2005 cover story "After Oil: Powering the Future".
Online you can find "The End of Cheap Oil" by Tim Appenzeller
at nationalgeographic.com. |
Humanity's way of life is on a collision course with geology—with the stark fact that the Earth holds a finite supply of oil. |
| Peak Oil |
Report |
“Peak Oil in a
Nutshell - Here Comes the Nutcracker” by Jan Lundberg, at
www.culturechange.org/e-letter-peakoil.html |
Overview of peak oil issues |
| Peak Oil |
Speech |
Speech by U.S. Rep. Roscoe
Bartlett to the House of Representatives 3/05: www.globalpublicmedia.org/transcripts/402 |
Need to address peak oil/energy
usage |
| Peak Oil |
Video (DVD) |
The End of Suburbia: Oil
Depletion and The Collapse of The American Dream, www.endofsuburbia.com,
c2004. Available for borrowing from the Simply Living office, www.netflix.com
or Fred Yaeger |
Wake up call on the issues of
suburbia and peak oil |
| Peak Oil |
Website |
Julian Darley’s Post Carbon
Institute: www.postcarbon.org |
Educational institution/think
tank that explores what cultures, civilization, governance & economies
might look like without (non-renewable) hydrocarbons as energy and chemical
feedstocks |
| Peak Oil |
Website |
Matt Savinar's website:
www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net |
Based on the assumption that
there will be a hard "crash" |
| Peak Oil |
Website |
Energy Bulletin:
www.energybulletin.net |
Peak energy in the news |
| Peak Oil |
Website |
www.BlueGreenEarth.com |
Global community, ecological,
environmental and social reportage, opinion, analysis, and news |
| Peak Oil |
Website |
Michael
Ruppert’s website: www.fromthewilderness.com |
Web news and info source on a
wide range of topics |
| Peak Oil |
Website |
http://www.drydipstick.com/ |
Described as a “metadirectory”
for peak oil issues |
| Peak Oil |
Website |
Association for the Study of
Peak Oil and Gas: www.peakoil.net |
International organization for
Peak Oil (Community Solutions is a member) |
| Peak Oil |
Yahoo Group |
RunningOnEmpty2 groups.yahoo.com (note: when you search for the group make sure
you leave out spaces). In the files section:
!CONVINCE SHEET v19 SHORTER.doc (in both
Word and PDF) |
Extensive discussions about the
impacts of peak oil. Files section
includes concise handout explaining imminent oil crash, the causes, and
likely impacts.. |
| Sustainability |
Electronic Journal |
Sustainability: Science, Practice, &
Policy ejournal.nbii.org |
A peer-reviewed, open access journal from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts as part
of a partnership with the National
Biological Information Infrastructure to establish a forum for cross-disciplinary
discussion of natural and social sciences, practices, and policies related to sustainability |
| Sustainability |
Local Group |
Sustainability Roundtable of Central Ohio (SRCO)
www.swaco.org/srco |
Working to advance sustainable development in Central Ohio by acting as a resource for awareness-building, learning and collaboration among business, government, non-profits, and community groups. |
| Transportation |
Article |
"Carless in Columbus"
by Dave Ghose Columbus Monthly June 2005 |
After more than a week trying to
navigate the city without an auto the author concluded it wasn't easy
depending on COTA, a bike, cabs and his own two feet. |
| Transportation |
Book |
"Divorce your Car!"
by Katie Alvord, 2000 |
A comprehensive and encouraging look at why we should end our love affair with the
automobile as well as practical guide for how to move to a "car-free" or "car-lite" life style. |
| Transportation |
Website |
Central Ohio Bicycle Advocacy
Group: www.cobac.org |
Working to create a friendlier
environment for bicycling in Central Ohio.
Has free email list with great updates on local issues. |
