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SERMCAP has been very productive of late. The citations that follow illustrate this. Thematically, energy and history are pretty much ubiquitous in most or all of the citations below.
As well, the importance of democracy, community, and capacity-building show up in almost all of the materials here. The particular topic of any individual story varies from an examination of Hiroshima to a look at a ‘solar hero’s’ life. The categories that we use will help any reader who is interested to find materials in that general group.
In general, though, the overall orientation runs through almost everything. To aid readers further, we provide for a ‘Topical Tag’ for each individual article, that gives the particular subject of that piece or series.
Local Initiatives
Wnc-rei
Energy Transitions, Citizen Decisions, and the Social Basis for Technological Transformation: The Western North Carolina Renewable Energy Initiative August 06
lithonia, ga resistance to toxins
Energy from Chickens and a Fox in a Georgia Community’s Henhouse August 19 http://www.justmeans.com/Energy-from-Chickens-a-Fox-in-a-Georgia-Community-s-Henhouse/27451.html
vermont’s democratic upsurge
Transitioning to a Renewable Energy Posture September 22 http://www.justmeans.com/Transitioning-a-Renewable-Energy-Posture/32030.html
Lakota Solar
Native American Renewable Energy Models October 15 http://www.justmeans.com/Native-American-Renewable-Energy-Models/34750.html
georgia public service commission
A People Power Upsurge Meets a ‘Public Agency’s’ False Front November 14 http://www.justmeans.com/A-People-Power-Upsurge-Meets-a-Public-Agency-s-False-Front/37265.html
Michigan wind
Crossing Energy’s Social Divide (PART ONE): Class and Power and Justice in Contemporary America August 25 http://www.justmeans.com/Crossing-Energy-s-Social-Divide-PART-ONE-Class-Power-Justice-in-Contemporary-America/28264.html
Renewable Energy’s Social Divide (PART TWO) September 02 http://www.justmeans.com/Renewable-Energy-s-Social-Divide-PART-TWO/29379.html
Scandinavian Sustainable Business Lessons Oct 2 http://www.justmeans.com/Scandinavian-Sustainable-Business-Lessons/33361.html
Media and Culture
Energy Visions and Visionary Energy: Carbon Free and Nuclear Free’s Roadmapping Service August 10 http://www.justmeans.com/Energy-Visions-Visionary-Energy-Carbon-Free-Nuclear-Free-s-Roadmapping-Service/26187.html
‘fuel’ review
Transformative Forces in Energy and Society: Popular Culture as a Source of Wisdom and Guidance, and the Limits Thereof August 12 http://www.justmeans.com/editorials?action=readeditorial&p=26519
greg palast
An Energetic Investigator of Energy Realities: Details That Provide the Big Picture August 16 http://www.justmeans.com/editorials?action=readeditorial&p=27005
‘sustainable energy without hot air’ review
‘No Hot Air’ About Renewable Energy While Blowing Smoke: David Mackay plays ‘Brutus’ to the Sun’s ‘Caesar’ August 18 http://www.justmeans.com/-No-Hot-Air-About-Renewable-Energy-While-Blowing-Smoke-David-Mackay-plays-Brutus-Sun-s-Caesar/27338.html
‘collapse’ review
Renewable Energy, or, If We Prefer, “Collapse” September 04 http://www.justmeans.com/Renewable-Energy-or-If-We-Prefer-Collapse/29604.html
two movies about depleted uranium
A Renewable Energy Teaching Moment September 17 http://www.justmeans.com/A-Renewable-Energy-Teaching-Moment/31523.html
beehive collective
Beehives as a Sustainable Business Model October 01 http://www.justmeans.com/Beehives-as-a-Sustainable-Business-Model/33263.html
herman scheer and solar revolutions
Solar Media as Renewable Energy Guidelines October 27 http://www.justmeans.com/Solar-Media-as-Renewable-Energy-Guidelines/35886.html
A Further Mediation of Solar Power: Evolving Toward ‘Revolution’ Oct 29 http://www.justmeans.com/A-Further-Mediation-of-Solar-Power-Evolving-Toward-Revolution/36042.html
’30 frames a second’ review
‘Eternal Vigilance’ As a Sine Qua Non of Sustainable Business November 3, 2010 http://www.justmeans.com/-Eternal-Vigilance-As-a-Sine-Qua-Non-of-Sustainable-Business/36396.html
‘kilowatt ours’ review
A Carbon-Capture Filmic Moment for Renewable Energy Nov. 10, 2010 http://www.justmeans.com/A-Carbon-Capture-Filmic-Moment-for-Renewable-Energy/36985.html
david rovics
A Troubadour for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Business November 17, 2010 http://www.justmeans.com/A-Troubador-for-Renewable-Energy-Renewable-Business/37658.html
‘matewan’ review
Narratives Essential to Renewable Energy & Sustainable Business Nov. 18, 2010 http://www.justmeans.com/Narratives-Essential-Renewable-Energy-Sustainable-Business/37741.html
great speckled bird
Every Day in History Is Important and Interesting—‘Hippy’ Media in Atlanta October 19th, 2010 4:30 pm ET http://www.examiner.com/today-history-in-atlanta/every-day-history-is-important-and-interesting-hippy-media-atlanta
media other
History Is Important and Interesting: An Atlanta ‘Sweet Science’ Moment October 25th, 2010 5:50 pm ET http://www.examiner.com/today-history-in-atlanta/history-is-important-and-interesting-an-atlanta-sweet-science-moment
Maya Angelou’s Literature As Historical Evidence October 26th, 2010 7:12 am ET http://www.examiner.com/today-history-in-atlanta/maya-angelou-s-literature-as-historical-evidence
Tiger Tales A Tucker High School Journalism Experience December 18, 2010 http://tucker.patch.com/articles/tiger-tales
Research, History in General
smedley butler
Gangsters, Banksters, and Sustainable Business September 09 http://www.justmeans.com/Gangsters-Banksters-Sustainable-Business/30320.html
resources analysis
Informed Dissent: Sunny and Not-So-Sunny Renewable Energy Futures September 10 http://www.justmeans.com/Informed-Dissent-Sunny-Not-So-Sunny-Renewable-Energy-Futures/30472.html
tragedy of american diplomacy
When ‘Great Evasions’ Promote an Invasive Primacy of Empire in History, Imperial Citizens Had Better Watch Out October 16 http://www.justmeans.com/When-Great-Evasions-Promote-an-Invasive-Primacy-of-Empire-in-History-Imperial-Citizens-Had-Better-Watch-Out/34841.html
federal reserve
A Crucial Sustainable Business Anniversary November 5, 2010 http://www.justmeans.com/A-Crucial-Sustainable-Business-Anniversary/36531.html
All History Is Important and Interesting: The Bank That Owns America November 8th, 2010 11:08 pm ET http://www.examiner.com/today-history-in-atlanta/all-history-is-important-and-interesting-the-bank-that-owns-america
world trade organization
The Origins of the WTO Epitomize Un-Sustainable Business Nov. 11, 2010 http://www.justmeans.com/-origins-of-WTO-Epitomize-Un-Sustainable-Business/37073.html
child labor
Every day in history is important and interesting: Child labor in October, 1910 October 11th, 2010 1:45 am ET http://www.examiner.com/today-history-in-atlanta/every-day-history-is-important-and-interesting-child-labor-october-1910
wounded knee
Immigrant ‘Invaders’ in the Days of Our Great, Great Grandparents October 15th, 2010 2:45 pm E http://www.examiner.com/today-history-in-atlanta/immigrant-invaders-the-days-of-our-great-great-grandparents
alien and sedition act
One Hundred Five Election Cycles Ago in Georgia October 27th, 2010 11:15 am ET http://www.examiner.com/today-history-in-atlanta/one-hundred-five-election-cycles-ago-georgia#comment-13272591
nat turner’s rebellion and other events
All History Is Important and Interesting: A Veteran’s Day Congruence November 10th, 2010 4:23 pm ET http://www.examiner.com/today-history-in-atlanta/all-history-is-important-and-interesting-a-veteran-s-day-congruence
u.s. constitution
Tucker’s Civic Awareness December 15, 2010 http://tucker.patch.com/articles/tuckers-civic-acumen
Government, Politics and Policy
Most of Us Could Use Some Energy Guidance: Unesco’s Management of Social Transitions (M.O.S.T.) as a Model August 27 http://www.justmeans.com/Most-of-Us-Could-Use-Some-Energy-Guidance-Unesco-s-Management-of-Social-Transitions-M-O-S-T-as-a-Model/28487.html
pugwash conference
Sustainable Business Requires Survival September 03 http://www.justmeans.com/Sustainable-Business-Requires-Survival/29546.html
‘Peak Oil,’ Renewable Energy, and Human Choice September 08 http://www.justmeans.com/-Peak-Oil-Renewable-Energy-Human-Choice/29992.html
coal mining
“Dark as a Dungeon”–Coal’s Dark Lessons for Sustainable Business September 23 http://www.justmeans.com/-Dark-as-a-Dungeon-Coal-s-Dark-Lessons-for-Sustainable-Business/32218.html
hiroshima
Energy, Life, Weaponry, and Choice: Interrelational Reflections on a Hiroshima/Nagasaki Anniversary August 09 http://www.justmeans.com/editorials?action=readeditorial&p=25981
green party
Greens–and Reds and Blues–and Sustainable Business October 22 http://www.justmeans.com/Greens-Reds-Blues-Sustainable-Business/35400.html
jimmy carter
Jimmy Carter’s Renewable Energy Moment November 4, 2010 http://www.justmeans.com/Jimmy-Carter-s-Renewable-Energy-Moment/36452.html
school of the americas
November 20 http://www.justmeans.com/SUSTAINABLE-BUSINESS-REQUIRES-STANDS-FOR-DEMOCRACY-JUSTICE/37830.html
federal reserve
A Crucial Sustainable Business Anniversary November 5, 2010 http://www.justmeans.com/A-Crucial-Sustainable-Business-Anniversary/36531.html
Tennessee valley authority
Understanding the TVA in Terms of Sustainable Business October 13 http://www.justmeans.com/Understanding-TVA-in-Terms-of-Sustainable-Business/34509.html
TVA’s Dogs of War Rip Apart Sustainable Business October 20 http://www.justmeans.com/TVA-s-Dogs-of-War-Rip-Apart-Sustainable-Business/35211.html
Saving Fish & Building Nukes: TVA’s Non-Renewable Energy Path, Part III Oct.30 http://www.justmeans.com/Saving-Fish-Building-Nukes-TVA-s-Non-Renewable-Energy-Path-PART-III/36133.html
Biographies and Profiles
arjun makhijani
An Energy Scientist, His Vision, His Plan, and His Book: Sustainable Business Sans Carbon and Sans Radiation August 02
Don Harris
An Energy Pioneer’s Second Youth As a Human Advocate: Off the Grid, but Not Off His Rocker August 23 http://www.justmeans.com/An-Energy-Pioneer-s-Second-Youth-As-a-Human-Advocate-Off-Grid-but-Not-Off-His-Rocker/27908.html
A Renewable Energy Walk in the Woods October 06 http://www.justmeans.com/A-Renewable-Energy-Walk-in-Woods/33748.html
Spectacular Hornet’s Nests As Renewable Energy Seedbeds October 08 http://www.justmeans.com/Spectacular-Hornet-s-Nests-As-Renewable-Energy-Seedbeds/34001.html
don west
Every Day in History Is Important, Interesting: Don West & Highlander Center November 2nd, 2010 3:33 pm ET http://www.examiner.com/today-history-in-atlanta/every-day-history-is-important-interesting-don-west-highlander-center
greg palast
An Energetic Investigator of Energy Realities: Details That Provide the Big Picture August 16 http://www.justmeans.com/editorials?action=readeditorial&p=27005
herman scheer
A German Solar Hero’s Sustainable Business/Renewable Energy Lessons October 21 http://www.justmeans.com/A-German-Solar-Hero-s-Sustainable-Business-Renewable-Energy-Lessons/35307.html
jigar shah
A Solar Energy Visionary on a Collision Course with a ‘Renaissance’ October 09 http://www.justmeans.com/A-Solar-Energy-Visionary-on-a-Collision-Course-with-a-Renaissance/34068.html
lillian smith
Every Day in History Is Interesting and Important: Arson Against Honesty November 16th, 2010 11:41 pm ET http://www.examiner.com/today-history-in-atlanta/every-day-history-is-interesting-and-important-arson-against-honesty
mark rudd
Grassroots Southwest Politicking and Sustainable Business October 23 http://www.justmeans.com/Grassroots-Southwest-Politicking-Sustainable-Business/35488.html
walter ratterman
A Life of Sustainable Business in Solar Energy September 16 http://www.justmeans.com/A-Life-of-Sustainable-Business-in-Solar-Energy/31349.html
wendell berry
Wendell Berry’s Integrative Philosophy of Life and Energy September 01 http://www.justmeans.com/editorials?action=readeditorial&p=29150
william appleman williams
When ‘Great Evasions’ Promote an Invasive Primacy of Empire in History, Imperial Citizens Had Better Watch Out October 16 http://www.justmeans.com/When-Great-Evasions-Promote-an-Invasive-Primacy-of-Empire-in-History-Imperial-Citizens-Had-Better-Watch-Out/34841.html
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