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The Transition Movement comes to America (audio/video)
Peak Moment
One response to the global crisis that is gaining enthusiastic momentum is the Transition Towns movement. Jennifer Gray, a pioneer in the Transition Initiative in the UK and cofounder of Transition US, describes it as “a community-led response to the twin crises of peak oil and climate change. It’s … positive, pro-active [and] engages the whole community in building resilience into their world.” Sharing highlights from The Transition Handbook by founder Rob Hopkins, she elaborates on a flexible twelve-step process to empower community organizers in unleashing the creative genius of their community and building an Energy Descent Action Plan. One innovative aspect is backcasting: envisioning one’s community in 20 years, and then designing steps to get from here to there. (http://www.transitionus.org)
(8 January 2009)
Watch This Video: City-Based Ecovillages
WorldChanging
Streetfilms posted a film today called Los Angeles’ Eco-Village, which takes a closer look at the benefits of this alternative type of housing. The film’s presenters take you behind the scenes to show you how this particular ecovillage, located only two miles from downtown LA, functions as a sustainable community within the city. You can read more about ecovillages by checking out Alex Steffen’s piece on the power of intentional communities, or Chris Turner’s article on rural ecovillages.
… “An ecovillage is a human scale neighborhood where people know their neighbors and care about them. People can live close to where they work and play and have access to other essential services without use of automobiles. Together, neighbors try to minimize waste and pollution of all kinds. Residents and friends work together to create a healthy community socially, physically and economically.
(26 January 2009)
Powerdown toolkit #1- climate and peak oil
Graham Strouts, Zone5
This is the introduction to the first week of the Powerdown Toolkit 10-week community learning course created by the Cultivate Centre in Dublin.It has an accompanying TV show with a 30-minute episode accompanying each week of the course, soon to be aired on Dublin Community TV.
(27 January 2009)
