Words of wisdom for towns around the country to follow in order to prepare for peak oil and global warming.
relocalization
Willits, CA leads the relocalization revolution
(via ecolocalizer.com)
Submitted by arielh on Wed, 2008-06-04 01:00. | Tags: take action | Community | relocalization
The 12 Steps of Oil Anon
(via www.howtoboilafrog.com)
A program of recovery for those who want to be restored to sustainability.
Submitted by How to Boil a Frog on Fri, 2008-05-02 05:09. | Tags: politics | 12 steps | addiction | environment; community; green; frog | oil | peak oil | relocalization | sanity | spirituality | sustainability
Local hero Rob Hopkins: Transition Town Totnes
(via www.theecologist.org)
How can we not only adjust to but thrive in a post-oil world? Totnes, UK has become a Transition Town-- moving toward energy independence with some surprising benefits along the way.
Submitted by michaelannb on Mon, 2008-04-07 01:37. | Tags: technology | permaculture | relocalization | tranition town
FrogBlog - The Blitz
(via www.howtoboilafrog.com)
How to Boil a Frog's FrogBlog takes us back to the 1940's for a comedic lesson in how we can change our lives now and actually enjoy it.
Submitted by How to Boil a Frog on Mon, 2008-03-24 21:34. | Tags: politics | bailout | bear stearns | bush | china | Community | debt | Economics | frog | Frogblog | garden | hunger | iraq | Iraq War | JP Morgan | murder | Murrow | oil | peak oil | Politics | relocalization | singapore | swing | tar sands | war | world war two | ww2 | wwii
The Road to Shangri-La
(via www.howtoboilafrog.com)
How to Boil a Frog's FrogBlog on why carbon capture, nuclear power, ethanol and all the other fake solutions we're being offered are just making things worse...and where the real solutions will come from.
Submitted by How to Boil a Frog on Fri, 2008-02-22 00:39. | Tags: politics | action | arctic | australia | bush | carbon capture | change | CO2 | deforestation | depression | DOE | DSM-IV | eco-anxiety | ethanol | frog | FutureGen | millenials | nuclear power | overshoot | peak oil | psychology | relocalization | switchgrass | terrorism | uranium
Video: Facilitating Economic Localization in Willits, California
(via video.energypolicytv.com)
Jason Bradford and Brian Weller, co-founders of Willits Economic LocaLization (WELL), discuss their group's approach to educating and enrolling their townsfolk about declining oil and the imperative to reduce dependencies on imported energy, food, and other goods. They view their group as a mid-WIFE: a Watchdog,Incubator, Facilitator and Educator.
Submitted by EPTV on Mon, 2008-02-11 16:53. | Tags: business | California | economic | economy | energy | food | localization | oil | Peak Moment | peak oil | relocalization | sustainability | sustainable | video | well
