Why Energy?
Perhaps the biggest reason why I focus on energy is that it mediates all biophysical transformations. Without an all-important energy conversion, nothing happens.
Act: Inspiration
Double Jeopardy: Thousands of fracked gas wells over an active coal mine
Greene County is the second largest coal producing county in the country and is also home to thousands of gas wells. The people are the subjects of a grand energy experiment.
Taking Resilience to the Streets
Transition Streets brings together small groups of neighbors and supports them in taking effective, practical, money-saving and carbon reduction actions.
From Occupation To Reconstruction: This Movement Is Just Beginning
Ever since I wrote a book about Occupy Wall Street, I’ve often found myself on the receiving end of people asking, “What happened to Occupy, anyway?”
How to Inspire Millions More People to Bike
You can see big changes happening across North America as communities from Fairbanks to St. Petersburg transform their streets into appealing places for people, not just cars and trucks.
On the farm at Marin Roots
Securing land is difficult for young farmers, particularly in Marin County, where farms often pass from one generation to the next without going on the market.
Review: The Market Gardener by Jean-Martin Fortier
For some years now, author and farmer Jean-Martin Fortier has lived rather comfortably with his family entirely off the proceeds of their market garden in Québec, Canada.
Facing The Looming Foreclosure Crisis
As the Fed runs out of bullets, local governments are stepping in.
The Rolling Rebellion: People Declare Independence from Corporate Rule
For more than 10 years, Backbone Campaign has built, painted, sculpted, marched, organized, trained and occupied in the name of “human rights, thriving communities and ecological wellbeing.”
Towards an Energy Standard of ‘Local’
In other essays I presented data showing that small-scale, local farms aren’t always more energy efficient than larger-scale producers, but as far as energy used to distribute food local farms seem to have an advantage.
Quakers Divest From Fossil Fuels
The Eco-Justice Working Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting has announced that more than $2 million of assets have been divested from fossil fuels and reinvested in a new Quaker Green Fund offered by Friends Fiduciary Corporation.
An inspiring taste of Transition in Germany
A roundup from Rob about what Transition in Germany is up to these days…
