Act: Inspiration

Peak Moment 181: Partners in preparedness: Neighborhoods and emergency responders

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The last thing “Dr. Doom” Bob Hamlin expected was citizens offering to help his county Emergency Management Department. But when Deborah Stinson from Port Townsend’s Local 20/20 came to Bob’s office after Hurricane Katrina, they formed a partnership. Citizens are organizing and educating neighborhoods to be more self-reliant in emergencies. And they’re at the table with emergency responders in planning for disasters.

Our Commons future is already here

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It is time to fuse the analysis and hard work of the environmental community with the vision and commitment of the justice community, into a whole new form of governance that not only challenges the current model of unlimited growth and economic globalization but promotes an alternative that will allow us and the Earth to survive. It means the recovery of an old concept called the Commons.

Deconstructing Dinner: Produce to the people

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Deconstructing Dinner has long been exploring the many ways through which farmers, businesses, organizations and communities are accessing food using new and innovative models. On today’s broadcast we hear more of those examples shared as part of the March 2010 panel – Produce to the People, hosted by the San Francisco based CUESA.

Transition & responses – Oct 12

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– 10/10/10 day of climate action (photo slideshow)
– Review of the Totnes Energy Descent Action Plan
– Oxfordshire town sees human waste used to heat homes
– Transition and Social Enterprise: a short film
– Google Invests in $5bn Wind-Power Superhighway
– Hopkins Interview