These are a few stories we found this week that may be of interest to institute regulars. If you have a news tip, please send it to lowtechinstitute@gmail.com.
Low Tech News
Science Was Wrong About How To Make Norway’s Traditional Porridge : The Salt : NPR
Why is it so hard to get people to switch to renewable energy?
1807 – Eat Mesquite and More! with Brad Lancaster and Jill Lorenzini | The Permaculture Podcast
The Sparrow and the Twig | The Dark Mountain Project
Restoring Mayberry: The Lives of Others
This Is Why You Don’t See People-Size Salmon Anymore : The Salt : NPR
People are stranded in ‘transit deserts’ in dozens of US cities
Javier Senosiain – Organic Architecture | Natural Building Blog
Heating with wind – Lean Green Consulting
How an energy-efficient house can become a big wind-powered battery | TreeHugger
Environmental News
Hotter, Drier, Hungrier: How Global Warming Punishes the World’s Poorest – The New York Times
Easter Island Is Eroding – The New York Times
Ireland will phase out coal by 2025 | TreeHugger
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Locals Take Over Pipeline Office, Then Occupy Drill Rig | Earth First! Newswire
Pipeline Executives Spend Energy Conference Lamenting Widespread Resistance to their Projects | Earth First! Newswire
Research News
Lack of snowpack leaves the West hung out to dry | Grist
This is What a West Without Water Will Look Like – Mother Jones
Op-Ed¹
The World Oil Supply is Infinite: I Know That Because I Believe It – Resilience
The great agricultural resettlement or the next chapter of the fall | Feasta
The physicist who dreamed of other universes wanted us to save the one we’ve already got. | Grist
Sustainable cities need more than parks, cafes and a riverwalk
Here’s The Case For More Rules For Backyard Chickens : The Salt : NPR
An enthusiastic embrace of a mysterious planet – An Outside Chance
How rethinking land use and preserving natural carbon sinks is essential to bridge the emissions gap
The Great Change: Punctuated Equilibrium
Climate Defenders Are from Saturn, Deniers Are from Uranus – Civil Notion
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Need to Go – But What about the Poorer People who Rely on Cheap Energy? – Resilience
Disclaimer: The news stories and posts linked above are not meant as an endorsement of the information presented. They are provided as they may be of interest to our readers and further our aims of solutions for a post-fossil-fuel world. We strive to provide fact-based information. If you feel that political views are being presented in a partisan fashion, we are happy to provide equal time to opposing view points as long as they are derived from verifiable data and facts.
¹Opinion pieces represent the independent thought of their authors and may or may not represent the position of the Low Technology Institute.
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