Rob Hopkins

Foreword to new Transition book: ‘Communities, Councils and a Low Carbon Future’

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The book is a blood, sweat and tears account of life as an elected eco warrior trying to encourage local government to work with communities to make the world a greener place, packed with great case studies and tips for Transition initiatives and Councils alike.

The Great Transition (beyond carbon)

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Terminal depletion of the world’s mineral energy reserves looms imminent – or certainly within the first quarter of this century. It may well signify the end of industrial civilization as we know it, and synchronous failures could permit a convergence of energy, food, and economic crises as early as 2018. But study after study proves that we know what we can do to forge a more sustainable world. It is high time for a great transition – a ‘post-carbon revolution’.

Time travel on Clear Creek

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There are “ignored and undeveloped” spots in every neighborhood in nearly every city in America. These are the places we build around, rush past, overlook, and disdain, until they might as well not exist at all. This is where I’d like to bring the college students who wear polar bear suits on downtown sidewalks, to cajole me into loving the earth by donating money to Greenpeace. I’d like to show them that “the earth”—truly in need of so much love—is not nearly as far away as we think. It is here, right under our busy little feet.

Pachakuti: Indigenous perspectives, degrowth and ecosocialism

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Indigenous movements have inserted concepts like ecosocialist and degrowth into the formal constitutions of the Bolivian and Ecuadorian states. Some call this movement the “Pachakuti”, a term taken from the Quechua “pacha”, meaning time and space or the world, and “kuti”, meaning upheaval or revolution. Put together, Pachakuti can be interpreted to symbolize a re-balancing of the world through a tumultuous turn of events that could be a catastrophe or a renovation.

The concept of “Living Well” – a Bolivian viewpoint

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Bolivia’s Living Well proposal means living a sovereign and communal life in harmony with nature, working together for our families and for society, sharing, singing, dancing, producing for the community. It means living a modest life that reduces our addiction to consumption and maintains a balanced production.

Has Texas passed the Peak?

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In California and Nevada many new cities sprang up in the wake of the gold rush and today some of those places are either ghost towns or tourist towns. The oil in Texas and off its coast has been the foundation for Texas’ greatness but a conclusion that I could draw from what I saw was that, for Texas, peak oil may have begun.