This documentary from the BBC is one of the most impressive things I've seen on TV for a long time. Highly recommended. Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family's farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers that nature holds the key. With her father close to retirement, Rebecca returns to her family's wildlife-friendly farm in Devon, to become the next generation to farm the land. But last year's high fuel prices were a wake-up call … [Read more...]
iZip Electric Bikes
iZip Street Enlightened Saw one of these in our local bike shop when we were in there picking up a new tube. It’s an iZip Street Enlightened - looks like a normal fast hybrid but the aero down tube is wrapped around a battery pack - a 24V / 10 AH Lithium-Ion pack for those of you feeling Techie. This powers it to 30kph(19mph) with a range of 50km (30 miles). It has a whole range of clever torque-sensing options so you can use it as anything from fully-electric to fully-pedal-powered depending … [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...]
Oil companies to buy the world!
Here is some scary inside news on Big Energy plans for biofuel and biomass energy production (my own quick thoughts and some useful links follow): I went 'undercover' to a 2 days summit last year in Paris, This event was meant for all the oil companies of the world to network, share about how to improve oil sales and what they should in the future. Here is what I understood (I must underline that this is my very personal point of view and engages only me): First it was very clear to me that … [Read more...]
Convergence 13: Transition Strategies
This looks set to be an amazing event... Cultivate Update cultivate your self | community | world Friday 22nd Feb 2008 Convergence 13: Transition Strategies Post Carbon Cities, Transition Towns and Eco-Villages 3rd to the 7th of April 2008 | Festival Pass: €120 until March 10th (€150 thereafter) Bookings 01 674 5773 or Online Attention climate activists, community workers, environmentalists, academics, change agents and cultural creatives, if you are at the leading edge of … [Read more...]
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
This is one of the best peak oil movies. A must see documentary. … [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...]
United Diversity Guide, Ocotober 30th, 2007
So, hear we are again, another week, another United Diversity Guide packed full of, news, videos and loads of fantastic events to go to in London. Welcome to the 4th edition. :) Send feedback and submissions to josef @ uniteddiversity.com Enjoy! CONTENTS NEWS United Diversity News More good news Other recent news VIDEOS There's A Better Way The Matrix by Paradox The Meatrix: The Truth about where our food comes from T. Boone Pickens: we peaked last year, globally The Rub. George … [Read more...]