"An awful lot of what we've taken for granted about the future can't continue," says executive editor Sarah van Gelder of YES! Magazine, whose Fall 2010 issue is about people creatively building resilient families and communities. Publisher Fran Korten (at left in photo) … [Read more...]
Cooking with your Neighbors at Wallingford Community Kitchen
September 26, 2010 by 2 Comments
September 24, 2010. This evening we taped footage at the Sustainable Wallingford Community Kitchen in Seattle. This is not a place, it's a monthly event run by volunteers. People from the neighborhood gather to prepare food, cook the dishes, and sit down to eat the … [Read more...]
Broadening the Conversation about Childbirth
August 31, 2010 by Leave a Comment
A conversation with three co-editors of Squat Birth Journal wasn't on my original taping schedule. But when they contacted me, I thought it'd be a great topic for a show. Natural child birth, birthing without interventions and drugs, is about as sustainable an alternative … [Read more...]
Transitioning to the Elm Street Economy (173)
June 14, 2010 by 8 Comments
How can you contribute your skills towards meeting real needs now and in the future? Paul and Sarah Edwards, the authors of Home-Based Business for Dummies, focus on the "Elm Street Economy" of locally-owned businesses rather than "Main Street", which we hear so much about, … [Read more...]
The Placemeant Project: Stories of Why “Where” Matters (152)
September 25, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Kate Magruder feels that "Opinions make walls. Stories make bridges." Using narrative, music and images, Placement Project participants create short stories that not only empower the tellers, but also elicit respect, admiration and tenderness from listeners. Kate hopes that … [Read more...]
Baked in Telluride: Making Dough in a Tough Economy (151)
September 9, 2009 by 1 Comment
Biting into a fresh-baked cookie from "Baked in Telluride" is a double treat — a yummy goody that also supports a local independent business. Owner Jerry Greene has been going "green" for decades before it became fashionable. He shares the challenges of running an … [Read more...]
Corporate Couple Become Permaculture Activists (143)
March 5, 2009 by 3 Comments
Asking "wouldn't it be wonderful if our city could feed itself?" Joe Leitch ponders everybody in Portland planting a chestnut tree. Pam Leitch relates how they both left the corporate world after reading the book "Your Money or Your Life". As educators on sustainability and … [Read more...]
The Transition Movement Comes to America (139)
January 8, 2009 by 18 Comments
One response to the global crisis that is gaining enthusiastic momentum is the Transition Towns movement. Jennifer Gray, a pioneer in the Transition Initiative in the UK and cofounder of Transition US, describes it as "a community-led response to the twin crises of peak oil … [Read more...]
Shocks, Shortages, and Scenarios – Planning for a Post-Oil Future (1340
November 6, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Responding to peak oil will require reshaping our communities. These two interviews, taped in September 2008 at the ASPO-USA conference, are with Megan Quinn Bachman of Community Solutions, and Bryn Davidson of Dynamic Cities Project. Megan observes that while the … [Read more...]
Two Views of a Post-Oil Future (133)
November 3, 2008 by 10 Comments
From the ASPO-USA 2008 conference: two long-standing peak oil awakeners: author James Howard Kunstler (The Long Emergency) and Post Carbon Institute Founder and President, Julian Darley. Darley, founder of Post Carbon Institute, is big on sharing: Sharing ideas to quickly … [Read more...]
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