- Great post advocating the ‘none of the above’ option in elections. I heartily agree.
- The church always has the potential to be a major agent of change, but until recently I didn’t know of anyone encouraging Christians to understand and engage with the energy crisis. Last week I discovered a second book to put alongside Sam Norton’s. I’ll read and review No Oil in the Lamp, but until then here’s the blog.
- The fastest way to lower China’s emissions is to share America’s fracking technology, argues Noah Smith in Atlantic. (His blog is great too)
- A candidate in the Bristol mayoral elections is campaigning for a citizen’s income for all Bristolians. Elect Corrupt Self Serving Lying Thieving B’stard for Mayor!
The Earthbound Report 
The Religious Society of Friends (AKA “Quakers”) are currently engaged in a programe to reduce corportate and individual consuption as part of an on-going ;lifestyle change.aimed at lessening our destructive impact on the planet.All Quakers have access to a carbon footprint calculator to aid in this. The iniitiative grew from a talk and book entitiled “Costing not less than the earth” by Pam Lunn. Have a look at it!
Yes, I have a lot of respect for the stand that the Quakers have taken. Lots of friends involved in Transition Towns, I have discovered!