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Film, Food & Discussion Night - Thursday, April 25th, 7:30 pm
See the movie : Heist
An exploration of what began the banking crisis
7:30 pm at Calvary Presbyterian Church Fellowship House
(right next to the main church building) see calendar for more details
NEWS AND RESOURCES
Our Local Online News Source www.citizenscall.com
Transition Cheltenham News - our calendar to keep up with us our doings !
Environmental News both Local and Global
AIR
- If it does matter where CO2 is released, cities are in trouble - The dome created over cities means emissions don't mix evenly with the air and so cities suffer worse effects than calculated when considering emissions standards
ANIMAL RIGHTS
- Food, Inc - interview with film director
BIKING ROUTES In Cheltenham
- Safe & Unsafe Rds in the Curtis Arboreatum area - see Google map we created
BOOKS
- Green, Inc - book review
- When Oil Peaked - the evidence suggests (and continues to suggest) that world oil production will ba bell-shaped curve - and this decade is the peak. What next? From a former Shell researcher and emeritus professor of geology at Princeton whose books sell surprisingly well. Reviewed here.
BUILDINGS
- 40 Innovative Green Homes of 2008 Article with awesome building examples.
- Transition Cheltenham's Home Greening Guide
CARBON
- The Story of Stuff - Video - How much does it really cost our environment to make the items we use?
- The Story of Cap & Trade - Video - Can we trade pollution "credits" successfully?
- Carbon Fees vs Cap & Trade - more here. Plus a 10 minute video with good summary of arguments.
- Carbon Level - We're at 390 & going up by 2 parts per million per year. This video explains.
- Earth Policy Release - October 14, 2009 - US Headed for Massive Decline in Carbon Emissions - Emissions Drop 9 Percent in Last Two Years
CLIMATE
- Errors in Climate Change Science - Article based on 2009 email disclosures and the Himalayan Glacier issue…Is the Science tainted ----does this really change things?
- Climate Controversies - This addresses the constant challenges we get to whether the various aspects of Climate Change present real fears - The science for each argument is presented
- Climate Consequences - Sea levels rose nearly 2 feet during the summer of 2009 - Not from global warming but for unknown reasons the Gulf Stream slowed down. It usually pulls water away but in 2009 the autumn winds came early and pushed water toward the coast.
- Climate Controversies - New research shows ice sheet on Greenland is disappearing faster than previously thought. Ocean levels are also rising more quickly.
- Climate Consequences - Methane plumes from the Arctic seabed - With 23 times the warming power of CO2, the USGS says the volume of methane frozen in clathrates is conservatively twice the volume of all known fossil fuels on earth.
- Climate Policy - Impacts on Natural Habitat for the United States of America PLoS ONE, 4 (8) DOI
- Climate Consequences - Arctic ice extent declining more slowly in 2009 than during the same period in 2007 and 2008, primarily due to a recent atmospheric circulation pattern. More here.
COMMUNITIES
ECONOMY - Local Economy
- Local Skillshare - trade hours in whatever you're good at for whatever you may need in our area .
- Better World Shopper.org - find out which companies are responsible. Spend your dollars there for a better world
- Why Local Economies Matter
ECO SYSTEMS
- Eco Systems - Globally Forests are dying in huge numbers http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2252
ENERGY
- Transition Cheltenham's Home Greening Guide
- Coalition of Wind Energy Companies helps you find pure wind-energy alternatives
- Alternative fuels - Is Alcohol an alternative to oil
- Renewable Electricity Energy Suppliers in PA
- Oil Depletion - 11-9-09 - According to a whistleblower at the International Energy Agency claims it has been deliberately underplaying a looming shortage for fear of triggering panic buying.
- Oil Depletion - The BBC News reports on global oil depletion and our lack of preparation for the consequences - Significant given the general absence of reporting on this issue in the major media.
- Oil Depletion - Insider's view of Peak Oil - acknowledges and supports the 'peak' facts - proposes action (a lot more drilling) - warns about expected price rises for oil and gas - His solution: high prices and lots of drilling - just to break even
- Energy policies aimed at cutting US greenhouse gas emissions could also increase the amount of natural habitat affected by energy production - found that nuclear power, coal and geothermal energy required the least area whereas wind and solar power used more space, followed by biofuels and biomass burning for electricity as the most land-intensive. For instance, biodiesel production from soy would take 788 to 1,000 square kilometers to generate the same amount of energy as 1.9 to 2.8 square kilometers set aside for nuclear power. New term - Energy sprawl - Conserving energy will cut land requirements, the team says, as will policies that allow nuclear plant construction and carbon capture and storage at coal plants. Energy producers can also soften their impact on biodiversity by choosing sites that have already been disturbed, they say.
- Energy Sprawl or Energy Efficiency: Climate Policy Impacts on Natural Habitat for the US
- Mountaintop removal - excellent explanation of the issue - mountaintops are being removed for coal mining & getting water soruces contaminated, among other things. Other sites:
- Solar - Solar panels being built everywhere but in the US
- Solar - Glass Hiways with Solar Collectors built in - in addition to other features . Awesome idea.
FILMS -
- see our Movie Guide
FOOD & GARDENING
- Transition Cheltenham's Local Food Guide listing Farms, Food Co-ops, Farmers Markets & Community Gardens in Greater Cheltenham
- Food, Inc - See the film, then this interview with the film's Director.
- Eco Systems & Pesticides - In 1984, Dr June Irwin warned her fellow citizens that the chemicals they were putting on their lawns posed severe health risks and had unknown side effects on the environment. View trailer to 'A Chemical Reaction'.
- Genetically Modified Seeds and Food
- Read this article Monsanto's Harvest of Fear in Vanity Fair
- See the French documentary Controlling our Food
- For years, India has been against GMO due to its increased reliance on fertilizers, demands on water and proprietary seeds. Read about the Monsanto Quit India movement, and farmers bucking the Green Revolution by going organic.
- Join the Movement against Monsanto
LEGISLATION / LEGAL
- Corporate Citizenship - Important to All Causes :We need an amendment that abolishes the legal fiction of corporate personhood and returns corporations to being business entities whose charters can be revoked by government if they misbehave. Read Corporations aren't People.
- The Wrong Kind of Green - about the co-opting of green interests by the corporate entities that are the polluters
- American Clean Energy Leadership Act (S. 1462). This legislation contains a renewable electricity standard (RES) that would require 15% of US electricity be generated from solar and other renewable resources by 2021. This target falls short of the President's goal; he has called for 25% renewable electricity by 2025. Two senators - Tom Udall of New Mexico and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota - are planning amendments that would strengthen the RES. Senator Udall's amendment (S. 433) would match President Obama's goal of 25% renewable electricity by 2025. Senator Dorgan has not yet introduced his amendment, but has promised to do so shortly after recess.
TRANSPORTATION
- Yike Bike - better than the electric car! And easier to park. Take it to work and park it under your desk
- Volkswagon's $600 car (in China) gets 248mpg. Is this for real?
WATER
ZERO WASTE
- Flooding and Local Stormwater Resources
- The Story of Bottled Water By Annie Leonard - a must see if you ever drink bottled water
- Grist article on learning about water
- Drinking water in peril from gas drilling
- Trash in our Oceans - The oceans and all ocean life are being affected by our trash, especially plastics. See this talk by Captain Charles Moore on the seas of plastic.
- Annie Leonard's video The Story of Stuff and the Story of Bottled Water
- Trash in our Oceans - The oceans and all ocean life are being affected by our trash, especially plastics. See this talk by Captain Charles Moore on the seas of plastic.
- Recycling - Great tips to be found on a local site Wissahickon Growing Greener.
- Recycle Holiday cards - donate holiday cards (or any birthday, anniversary or other type of card), to the Recycled Card Program at St. Jude’s Ranch for Children
- Recycle Boxes - small scale reuse of boxes (the ones that computer or refrigerator you just bought came in) by telling us they set up a web exchange, www.freecardboardboxes.com where individuals can connect with other folks near them to give and get cardboard boxes for reuse.
A FEW SITES ON THE NET THAT WILL MATCH PEOPLE AND INTERESTS
www.Sharedearth.com - links landowners with gardeners and farmers
www.Thredup.com - share box loads of used kids toys and clothes
www.Zimride.com - ridesharing for coworkers and students
www.Freecycle.org matches up people getting rid of stuff with people who want them
www.Airbnb.com - rent other people's floors, homes, yachts, igloos
www.Liquidspace.com -a phoneapp to find workspaces - from a corporate campus to an spare conference room
www.Relayrides.com - insured car sharing with neighbors
www.Taskrabbit.com - matches people who need tasks done with people who will run them
www.Neighborgoods.net - neighbors can share home appliances sports equipment tools and more
www.Gobble.com - meals are prepared and delivered by neighborhood chefs
www.BookCrossing.com - readers trade books with other readers and track them as they travel the globe~~~
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