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THE CRASH COURSE: A personal invitation

Making sense of economic turmoil is no small challenge. Many of us gave up on understanding the economy a long time ago. Besides, economics has always seemed to live up to its reputation as the most dismal of sciences. In the past, why would we want to study it in depth--unless we were hoping to significantly profit from economic and financial pursuits? As Woody Tasch laments in Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money, "I have had it up to--here!--with the opaque, impersonal, d… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on July 5, 2009 at 2:35pm — No Comments

HOT, FLAT, AND EMPTY

When Tom Friedman speaks, people listen. We've been listening, too. A few weeks ago, the popular New York Times columnist came to Boulder for a public appearance at the massive Mackey Auditorium. The event was sold out weeks in advance, which was okay with me because I had no interest in attending. However, I noticed that a number of people had been recommending… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on March 17, 2009 at 9:50am — 3 Comments

THE TRANSITION TOWN MOVEMENT: EMBRACING REALITY AND RESILIENCE, by Carolyn Baker

By Carolyn Baker, Speaking Truth to Power Sunday, 04 January 2009 For several months I have been meaning to write a review of Rob Hopkins' The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience, but other things got in the way-like a planetary economic meltdown and out of control climate change that exceeds some of the most dire predictions by climate sc… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on January 4, 2009 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

ONE SHOT LEFT: A sobering post from an important voice

One Shot Left The latest science suggests that preventing runaway climate change means total decarbonisation. By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 25th November 2008 [Original here] George Bush is behaving like a furious defaulter whose home is about to be repossessed. Smashing the porcelain, ripping the doors off their hinges, he is determined that there will be nothing worth owning by the time the bastar… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on November 26, 2008 at 11:39am — No Comments

THE NEW COOP DE VILLE (or, THE YEAR OF THE CHICKEN!)

The craze for urban poultry farming. by Jessica Bennett NEWSWEEK (see original here) For Brooklyn real-estate agent Maria Mackin, the obsession started five years ago, on a trip to Pennsylvania Amish country. She, her husband and three children—now 17, 13 and 11—sat down for brunch at a local bed-and-breakfast, and suddenly the chef realized she'd run out of eggs. "She said, 'Oh goodness! I'll have to go out to the garden and get some more'," Mack… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on November 18, 2008 at 2:23pm — 1 Comment

DREAMING THE FUTURE CAN CREATE THE FUTURE, by Kenny Ausubel

by Kenny Ausubel (founder and CEO of Bioneers) The original appeared in Huffington Post. Dreaming the future can create the future. We stand at the threshold of a singular opportunity in the human experiment: To re-imagine how to live on Earth in ways that honor the web of life, each other and future generations. It's a revolution from the heart of nature -- and the human heart. Then again… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on November 18, 2008 at 8:28am — No Comments

TRANSITION: GEARING UP FOR THE GREAT POWER-DOWN (Times, U.K., Nov. 17, 2008)

Climate change is upon us and the oil is running out. Is mankind's darkest hour really approaching? If so, a growing army of local heroes is determined to turn it into our finest by Luke Leitch See the original here. In Sandpoint, Idaho - birthplace of Sarah Palin, who really wouldn't approve - residents have prepared the community garden for its first winter and plans are under wa… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on November 18, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

THE END OF GROWTH, by Richard Heinberg

From Post Carbon Institute

Several of us who have been watching the world oil production and depletion picture closely for the last few years are now concluding that the world has now seen the highest rate of production ever. Matt Simmons agrees:… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on October 13, 2008 at 7:01am — 2 Comments

TRANSITION on BlogTalkRadio!

Dan Montgomery of Blue Opal Strategies hosts a "Sustainable Leadership" series on BlogTalkRadio. He interviewed me this morning for the one-hour show, and you can listen to the results here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/SustainableLeadership/2008/10/09/Transition-The-Most-Inspiring-… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on October 9, 2008 at 3:32pm — No Comments

TRANSITION BRIEFING

Here's a Word doc with a succinct top-level Executive Briefing about the Transition Movement in the U.S. Please feel free to use and adapt this for your own purposes. I created this originally as a briefing for a leading candidate for the U.S. Congress, so that he would have at his fingertips some of the key information about Transition that he could use in his own communications. Here's the link:… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on October 8, 2008 at 12:37pm — 3 Comments

TRANSITION: THE MOST INSPIRING MOVEMENT IN THE WORLD (PowerPoint presentation)

Here's the file for the presentation I've been using recently. Later I'll post a version with embedded notes/text. 09.27.08 for Workshop--Transition, The Most Inspiring Movement in the World.ppt Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on October 3, 2008 at 11:29am — No Comments

HERE COMES $500 OIL!

From Fortune, Sept. 22, 2008 (See the original here) HERE COMES $500 OIL If Matt Simmons is right, the recent drop in crude prices is an illusion - and oil could be headed for the stratosphere. He's just hoping we can prevent civilization from imploding. By Brian O'Keefe, senior editor Last Updated: Septemb… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on September 22, 2008 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

DON'T PANIC; PREPARE! (by Richard Heinberg)

[by Richard Heinberg, from Post Carbon Institute]

The financial sky is falling. Hey, that’s not my opinion; it’s news straight from the front pages of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. America’s top mortgage companies and investment banks, and the world’s biggest insurer have either already gone bankrupt or are in the process of doing so. For s… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on September 18, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

"FACING THE LONG EMERGENCY" PRESENTATION IN .PPT FORMAT

FacingTheLongEmergency.ppt Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on September 18, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

FORMER OIL EXEC CALLS FOR GAS RATIONING

From the Washington Times, Monday, September 15, 2008 FORMER OIL EXEC: GAS RATIONING NEEDED (Original here) BY David M. Dickson John Hofmeister, the former president of Shell Oil Co. and one of the most influential voices in the oil industry, called for short-term gasoline rationing by introducing odd-even purc… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on September 17, 2008 at 8:46am — No Comments

OIL SEX SCANDAL MAY AFFECT DRILLING DEBATE

Oil sex scandal may affect drilling debate. Democrats say Bush administration failure; GOP leader calls outrage ‘hoax.’ The Associated Press updated 11:39 a.m. MT, Thurs., Sept. 11, 2008 [See original here.] WASHINGTON - A scandal involving sex, drugs and — uh, offshore oil drilling. It's a strange mix, and it couldn't have come at a worse time for those in Congress pressing to expand oil and gas development off America's beaches whi… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on September 11, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Transition comes to Christian Science Monitor!

The first national publicity about the Transition Movement in the U.S. has just arrived! Today's Christian Science Monitor is running a story in their Environment section titled: "Communities plan for a low-energy future: ‘Transition initiatives,’ begun in Britain, aim to empower people to tackle effects of climate change and decline of oil." See original article here.… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on September 11, 2008 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

A PEAK INTO THE FUTURE (from the UK)

NOTE: The press is starting to notice. Here in the U.S., look for a story this week in the Christian Science Monitor, and possibly one in the Denver Post! USA Today is also working on a story, but we don't know when it might be published. I got a note Monday from Alastair Lough in Portland, Maine, advising: "Brace yourself. A likely Tsunami of interest is nearly upon us." Tip of the hat to Teresa Foster! --Michael From THE GUARDIAN Described as 'a social experiment on a massiv… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on September 10, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

REVIEW OF "THE TRANSITION HANDBOOK"

From the Vermont Commons, by Rob Williams Click here for original. I first heard the term “Transition Town” spoken by peak oil activist Richard Heinberg at the end of his talk in Montpelier last April. The words “Transition Town” struck me powerfully. “Ah! The End of Cheap Oil need not mean sudden, dystopic collapse. Yes, our future lives will be l… Continue

Added by Michael Brownlee on September 5, 2008 at 3:23pm — 1 Comment

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