Category Archives: Peak Oil

The Real Dirt on Organic Food

Posted on 5 August 2009 by Graham

Update Aug 10th: Thanks to Robbie for sending me the link to Dominic Lawson’s piece on the FSA report and responses from the organic movement in the Times. Lawson quotes research suggesting farmers may have lower cancer rates possibly because … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Food, General, Health, Peak Oil, Science and Rationaltiy | 14 Comments

Faith in Transition

Posted on 12 July 2009 by Graham

Update: 16/07/09 See Dan Dennett on “Belief in belief” here Updates: I’ve just put a couple of updates for clarification and a couple more links. I’ve marked them in the text. I also want to say, whatever about my concerns … Continue reading →

Posted in consciousness, General, Peak Oil, Science and Rationaltiy, Transition Towns | 5 Comments

Orlov: Only Aliens Can Save us from Collapse

Posted on 5 July 2009 by Graham

The view expressed in recently reviewed books like Holmgren’s Energy Scenarios and Chamberlin’s The Transition Timeline is that peak oil will be followed by a long, slow decline- Energy Descent- rather than an abrupt collapse. For an alternative view, Dmitri … Continue reading →

Posted in collapse, Peak Oil, Population, Transition Towns | 12 Comments

The Transition Timeline

Posted on 29 June 2009 by Graham

Book Review: The Transition Timeline for  a local, resilient future Shaun Chamberlin Forward by Rob Hopkins 190 pp pbk Chelsea Green 2009 The follow-up to Rob Hopkins’ seminal The Transition Handbook uses the method of “backcasting” from an envisioned  future … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, climate change, community, Health, Peak Oil, Population, Powerdown, Science and Rationaltiy, Transition Towns | 6 Comments

Future Scenarios

Posted on 11 June 2009 by Graham

Book Review- Future Scenarios How Communities Can adapt to Peak Oil and Climate Change David Holmgren Chelsea Green 2009 When I first saw David Holmgren’s Future Scenarios talk and slide at a permaculture design course in Slovenia in 2005 I … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, climate change, collapse, General, Human Ecology, Peak Oil, Permaculture, Powerdown | 7 Comments

Powerdown Tookit #8 Energy Descent Pathways

Posted on 26 April 2009 by Graham

Energy Descent Pathways – Post Carbon Cities, Transition Towns and Eco Villages This is the introduction to  week 8  of the Powerdown Toolkit 10-week community learning course created by the Cultivate Center in Dublin. It has an accompanying TV show … Continue reading →

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Powerdown Toolkit #7: Shelter

Posted on 16 April 2009 by Graham

Shelter- Future Proofing Our Homes and Buildings This is the introduction to  week seven of the Powerdown Toolkit 10-week community learning course created by the Cultivate Center in Dublin. It has an accompanying TV show with a 30-minute episode accompanying … Continue reading →

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Book Review: When Technology Fails

Posted on 5 April 2009 by Graham

When Technology Fails- A Manual for Self- Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency Matthew Stein Chelsea Green 2000, 2008 494 pp Matthew Stein’s massive survival manual When Technology Fails packs into one volume everything you need to survive “The … Continue reading →

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Powerdown Toolkit #4: Rethinking Energy

Posted on 2 March 2009 by Graham

This is the introduction to  week four of the Powerdown Toolkit 10-week community learning course created by the Cultivate Centre in Dublin. It has an accompanying TV show with a 30-minute episode accompanying each week of the course, soon to … Continue reading →

Posted in community, Peak Oil, Powerdown, Renewable Energy | 1 Comment

Powerdown Toolkit # 2: The Power of Community- Social Capital, Resilience and the Local Community

Posted on 5 February 2009 by Graham

This is the introduction to the second week of the Powerdown Toolkit 10-week community learning course created by the Cultivate Centre in Dublin. It has an accompanying TV show with a 30-minute episode accompanying each week of the course, soon … Continue reading →

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