Being both funny and informative this is pretty much a must see. Quite suprised I've not posted it before (assumed I had but went to find the post and couldn't, so posting it now). … [Read more...]
Transition Tufnell Park
Transition Tufnell Park (TTP) do the Big Dig Up! TPP, part of the wider Transition Network, are one of the latest Transition initiatives in London. Read more of our posts about Transition for more info and be sure to check out the Transition, Relocalisation and Resilience folder in our Tools for Change library (also relevant are the Food, Energy, Peak Oil, Climate Change and Permaculture folders). You may also be interested in our Transition Sessions project … [Read more...]
Mark Rutledge for Cap and Share models for sustainable energy commons
Via Feasta: “Cap and Share: mechanisms to share scarce resources and provide economic incentives for renewable energy and efficiency investment. Mark Rutledge, an environmental consultant, argues that the adoption of Cap and Share, Feasta’s proposed framework for a global climate treaty, is a necessary tool for dealing with peak oil and the current world recession. Unless it is used, any economic recovery will be strangled at birth as oil prices rise again. Recorded on day two of The New … [Read more...]
Community Algae Lab
Algae! A truly green crop for a sustainable future. Scenedesmus algae bottles We are the Shipyard algae lab community. We have created the world’s first community algae lab for the development of open-source, DIY-oriented algae technology, to facilitate the co-operative pursuit of this new form of agriculture — and we invite you to come learn how to raise algae and transform them into exciting products! … [Read more...]
Transition Handbook
UPDATE: The Transition Handbook is now online in a wiki! :P UPDATE: download Transition-Handbook.pdf UPDATE: download Transition-Handbook.odt See also: Transition Primer [amtap book:isbn=1900322188] I really can't recommend this book highly enough, but if you need more convincing... "a must-read labelled, 'immediate' " - Jeremy Leggett, founder of Solarcentury and SolarAid "The Transition Handbook will come to be seen as one of the seminal books which emerged at the end of the Oil Age" … [Read more...]
GOOD: Oil Addiction
YouTube - GOOD: Oil Addiction. If we're addicted to oil, our twelve-step program should begin with admitting that we have a problem. As the price of oil creeps higher, finding new energy sources is more important than ever. But the search for alternatives, combined with environmental disruptions, is putting new pressures on other essentials like food. There are some things that are going well in the world. Right now, the economy is not one of them. https://www.goodmagazine.com/ Animation … [Read more...]
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
This is one of the best peak oil movies. A must see documentary. … [Read more...]
Reclaim Love 5!
Its that time of year again, when loads of lovely fluffy people gather around the Eros statue on Piccadilly Circus to remind everyone that you don't need to buy stuff to love someone, you just have to love them! Basically, on Saturday February 16th, 2008 everyone will gather at Eros in Piccadilly at 2pm. Be there. For more info check out the Operation Infinite Love (One In Love) website, https://www.o-i-l.net, the myspace https://myspace.com/reclaimlove and Rob's https://rub.fm/o-i-l/ And … [Read more...]
The Switch Has Been Flipped: It’s Too Late For Solutions By Carolyn Baker
Via Dandelion Salad By Carolyn Baker Speaking Truth to Power Sunday, 04 November 2007 This past week I attended another screening of “What A Way To Go: Life At The End Of Empire“[1]. My intention was not to see the documentary yet again-perhaps for the fifteenth time, but to support the film makers, my friends Sally Erickson and Tim Bennett, who were completing the last leg of their West Coast screening tour in my state. However, I did watch most of the film again, and this time, my experience … [Read more...]
What A Way To Go: Life At The End Of Empire
I just watched this. As it says at the beginning it is very dense, but overall I think it is really rather good. For more info about the movie visit the website Peak Moment 72: "What a Way to Go" - Meet the Filmmakers … [Read more...]