WHAT'S IN THIS ISSUE

News That Matters

Big Picture

How to lose half a trillion euros | The Economist, October 12, 2013

Resilient Against What?: How Leading U.S. Municipalities Are Understanding and Acting on Resilience | Post Carbon Institute, October 16, 2013

Let’s talk about Bushfires, Climate Change and Coal | Paul Gilding, October 22, 2013

The Scramble for Africa's Oil | Of Two Minds, October 23, 2013

Financial

A Corporate Coup in Disguise | Alternet, October 1, 2013

Winter In America Gets Colder : Why We Choose Poverty | Automatic Earth, October 18, 2013

A Question of Scarcity | CASSE, October 22, 2013

Practical Preparation

Dehydrating food with a solar food dryer | Living Low in the Lou, September 30, 2013

7 Stunning Passive Houses That Will Cost Just Pennies to Heat This Winter | The Energy Collective, October 21, 2013

The Walkable City (Link to Video) | Resilience/Ted, October 22, 2013

Make a small wind turbine that kids can help build | Treehugger, October 23, 2013

Environmental News

Why energy producers need to pay heed to global warming | Transition Voice, October 21, 2013

After Sandy, States Must Prepare for Climate Change | The Energy Collective, October 22, 2013

Monsanto’s Pesticide Misuse in Argentina Raises Cancer Rates | One Green Planet, October 22, 2013

Clean-water laws: The second front in the war on greenhouse gases | Grist, October 22, 2013

How life in ocean sediments responds to climate change | ENN, October 23, 2013

Health

Harmful or Harmless: Magnesium Stearate | Chris Kresser, October 18, 2013

Making Music: Why You Should Pick Up an Instrument and Start Playing | Mark's Daily Apple, October 22, 2013

Eat less, move more, die anyway | Michael Eades, October 22, 2013

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