Environmental SurvivalGuide

A vegetable growing process that’s documented through a couple of gardening books.  Read the primer ( Grow Biointensive )

Andrew Revkin of the NY Times writes about the plans to build another attraction in the United Arab Emirates. This time it’s targeting the ever-trendy environmental heat wave. ( Car-Free, Solar City in Gulf Could Set a New Standard for Green Design )

Eliza Barclay writes about the plans to add more bike paths in Mexico City.  Another major city that is choking on it’s own automotive growth.  (Mexico City to Build 186 Miles of Bike Paths by 2012)

A graph of food prices, oil consumption, and oil prices. (Rising Costs Felt at the World’s Dinner Tables)

Keith Bradsher at the New York Times covers the 37% increase of food costs in 2007 and the many problems that are resulting throughout the Word because of the soaring fuel prices. This news is very unsettling and a wonderful response to the last article I mentioned. (A New, Global Oil Quandary: Costly Fuel Means Costly Calories)

Joel Stein of Time Magazine provides a funny opposition to the farm-to-table movement (Extreme Eating).

Environmental News Network informs of the plans to build a 30-story vertical farm in Las Vegas. (Las Vegas to Build World’s First 30 Story Vertical Farm).  Learn more about the project (The Vertical Farm Project).

Autoblog Green explains how a Dutch company is capturing solar energy with asphalt. (In future, the road heats you - solar energy stored in asphalt)

An interesting article about the wasteful journies of cotton and tomatos in an international trade. ( Cotton and Tomato Travels: The Absurdity of World Trade )

This is an interesting modular concept covered by Collin Dunn. It allows you to take handle of your book shelf, one row at a time. ( Books to Go: Modular Shelving for Multi-Use Space )