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Learning from Cuba's Response to Peak Oil

2012-11-05T00:36:51.254Z

Peak Moment #27 (Sept. 2006): Megan Quinn of The Community Solution discusses her visit to Cuba, and the movie "The Power of Community". This young woman sees Peak Oil as an opportunity to create the communities we want, but notes that we must reduce our consumption despite environmentalists' assurances that biofuels will save us.

See The Power of Community at the Limelight Theatre on Nov. 20, 2012, at 6:30pm.

PERMACULTURE & PEAK OIL: Beyond 'Sustainability'

2011-05-28T23:20:35.893Z

In this 2007 interview, David Holmgren talks about the need to move beyond the lulling hope that 'green tech' breakthroughs will allow world-wide 'sustainable consumption' to the recognition that dwindling oil supplies inevitably mean a mandatory 'energy descent' for human civilization across the planet. He argues that permaculture principles provide the best guide to a peaceful societal 'powering down."

This is a longer interview with Holmgren (26 minutes) that will give a greater sense of some of the ideas we will explore in my upcoming Folk School class (Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability), where we'll have David Holmgren (via video) presenting his principles in a classroom setting.

http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/david-holmgren-principles-and-pathways-beyond-sustainability

Holmgren has been a profound influence on the Transition movement. Rob Hopkins comment on this video when it was first posted in 2007:
"Regular readers will know that I often state, at every opportunity, that David Holmgren’s book, [Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability](http://transitionculture.org/book-reviews/book-review-2/) is the greatest book of the past 15 years. The EON Network have just posted an interview with David, recorded a month or so ago, in which he explores the whole concept of permaculture as a response to peak oil. David is, for me, the person from whom I have learnt the most about all of this, so this film is a bit of a treasure, and I think you’ll find it fascinating."

A Century of Challenges

2011-05-15T19:58:29.702Z

A Century of Challenges by Nicole Foss http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/
Nicole Foss will be on Lummi Island June 2nd, and in Seattle on June 4th.
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/nicole-foss-on-lummi-island
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/nicole-foss-a-century-of

Peak Oil is a hoax!

2011-03-29T03:20:21.674Z

This video exposes the eco-socialist Gaia conspiracy to rob hard working Americans of God-given V-8 power and tax them into the poorhouse. Combined with the ...

300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds

2011-03-20T00:44:23.810Z

Winner of the YouTube/See3 DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards, and now featured on YouTube's home page.

Fossil fuels have powered human growth and ingenuity for centuries. Now that we're reaching the end of cheap and abundant oil and coal supplies, we're in for an exciting ride. While there's a real risk that we'll fall off a cliff, there's still time to control our transition to a post-carbon future.

A deeper analysis of the crises we face, and possible solutions we can work on right now can be had HERE: http://j.mp/PCReader

SONG CREDIT: "Can I Kick It?" by Tribe Called Quest