Monthly Slow News Summary

Once a month or so, I'll do a roundup of interesting Slow news stories and blog posts that have come across my radar. (They'll usually be ones that I've tweeted or have made their way into the paper.li Slow Weekly auto-newsletter in the sidebar, but those can be difficult to find weeks after the fact.) Here's what's cropped up since mid-December.


The New Year always brings a rash of trend reports, and apparently Slow Design is what's next:

• Investment pieces, sustainability, slow food, artisanal quality: Opening Ceremony on the Next Ten Years http://bit.ly/fvxxeR
• Inhabitat's roundup of green design predictions from a range of industry experts: http://inhabitat.com/green-design-predictions-for-2011/
• Trend Spotting: Sobriety for Home and Textiles | Handmade Spark http://bit.ly/dGxv7S
• {Local, personalized, innovative. Sounds like Slow Home to me!} interior design trends of 2011: The Independent http://ind.pn/idULq5
• Natural Home Magazine pick their top 15 from JWT's 2011 Trends report: http://www.naturalhomemagazine.com/natural-home-living/2011-trends-bamboo-biomimcry-standards.aspx

On Slow Travel:

• Slow Travel: The Next Trend? http://bit.ly/hB7YvY
• How To Go On A Volunteer Holiday http://t.co/jsEmZpP

On Slow Architecture:

• Care2's introduction to Slow Architecture http://www.care2.com/greenliving/what-is-slow-architecture.html

On Slow Fashion:

• DIY “Colour-In” Dress is a Coloring Book You Can Wear http://bit.ly/ihkMAk
• Tom Ford, Slowing Down Fashion http://www.goodlifer.com/2011/01/tom-ford-slowing-down-fashion/

On Slow Food:

• Food Prices Worldwide To Soar In Next Decade http://natpo.st/g3LGEv
• Well Preserved did a compelling series of posts exploring different ways of thinking about eating locally and the 100-Mile ideal: http://wellpreserved.ca/2011/01/05/re-imagining-the-100-mile-diet/
• Slow Food and Worldwatch Institute's State of the World 2011 report http://www.slowfood.com/international/slow-stories/87945/state-of-the-world-2011/q=24D19D?-session=query_session:42F9428102973278FEWTy284F02E

On Slow Living:

• Because multitasking is overrated. Doing Less To Get More Done http://bit.ly/hRrgKe
• Lead in Your Grocery Bag? Corporate America’s Latest Scare Tactic: http://bit.ly/gw8akq
• New generation of homebuyers have new {old} ideas about home: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/ontheblock/detail?entry_id=81136&type=realestate

On Sustainability:

• Oh dear. Problems with Long-Term Carbon Capture & Storage in Saskatchewan suggest it doesn't stay underground. http://ow.ly/1aPbox
• project of 1-line rebuttals to 136 arguments by climate deniers with science backup. http://bit.ly/ej5KZt
• notable new book: The New Normal: Agenda for Responsible Living - by David Wann ('Simple Prosperity') http://amzn.to/hR020C