(One part of) A unified climate/energy agenda
How can green groups unify their message on climate/energy? What kind of agenda could they all get behind?
Activism
Mavens, mavens everywhere…
The peak oil movement lacks enough connectors and salespeople. Many of those concerned about peak oil come from technical backgrounds: physics, geology, engineering and computer science. In other words, the peak oil movement has an embarrassment of mavens. This is a great plus, but not enough.
The green prince
Prince Charles seems to be way ahead of other public figures, not only in terms of taking a stand on global warming, but also in making changes to his personal life.
Articles:
Charles comes clean on his carbon realm
Prince recruits Gore for ‘green’ campaign
The greening of Highgrove
Queen upset at Charles’ “green” replacements
The prince and the peak
Jeff Vail’s “A Theory of Power”
Rhizome-based structures need to replace hierarchical ones, Vail argues, in all areas of our society — social, political, economic, educational etc. to entrench the power and sustainability of self-sufficient communities and render them invulnerable to re-expropriation of that power by hierarchies.
The Lottery: a creative & effective way to avoid economic collapse
Awareness of Peak Oil or Climate Change will not compel us to change our “way of life.” We need a sense of extreme urgency and we need it now. With The Lottery, America’s oil addiction would become a life or death issue in the mind of John Q. Public.
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 30
Travis Bradford: the revolution will be solarized
Not-so-glamorous conservation works best
Third-World laptop for $150
Stan
Goff eschews Marxism, looks to local communities
What we can do about passing the energy tipping point
Peak oil and U.S. cities
Progress report on the dozen or so U.S. cities that have passed peak oil resolutions or that are on track to do so.
Peak oil is simple
Perhaps in a perfect Platonic world of policy, a “peak oil is today” strategy would look different from [CERA’s] “peak oil in 2040” strategy. But back down here on earth, we’re stuck with the blunt instrument of representative democracy. Our choice is far closer to binary than most oil geeks are willing to acknowledge. The choice before us is: mobilize and start pushing, or don’t.
Politics: Rebuilding Civil Society
The transformation of American democracy into an elective oligarchy funded by the profits of empire was one consequence of the petroleum-fueled prosperity of the 20th century. As cheap oil and American empire meet a common end, the renewal of civil society offers one option to begin rebuilding a viable society in the twilight of the industrial age.
N. America energy policy – Nov 5
Clinton stumps for Calif. prop. 87 /
American car buyers get a case of amnesia /
Canadian clips on global warming and energy
Powerdown and Permaculture – At the Cusp of Transition
Permaculture, as it has been reframed by David Holmgren, is nothing less than the design system for a post-peak society. But is the movement capable of influencing society as a whole? Or should we just head for the hills?
Peak oil – Nov 2
Tom Whipple: Virginia writes a plan /
Oil films reviewed by 4th Intl site/
New book “Energy War” by Stan Goff
