Posts in this category are about Sense of Community and Place. Communities need opportunities to celebrate themselves and their connection to place. Celebration is a profound response to the magnificence of the mountains and rivers, creatures large and small, sun and moon, storm and clearing which define the rhythms of life in our chosen place. A Sense of Place takes many forms: annual festivals, fairs, gatherings; rituals; paintings, sculpture, and site art’ gardens’ local currencies and trading systems; restaurants featuring regional and seasonal cuisine; crafts using local materials; buildings reflecting the changing seasons; songs, stores, and dances; plays and poetry; community bookstores, coffeehouses, and gathering places; essays and novels.
(Adapted from ConservationEconomy.net)
New research out of Kuwait, using a new method of calculating the crude oil production potential of 47 of the world’s largest oil producing countries, has found that peak oil — the period in time when oil production reaches a maximum and then begins to decline — will come much sooner than expected… 2014 to be exact.
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