David Wright, Vic Opperman and Andrea Faste are "making ripples around Puget Sound" by empowering folks in their northwest Seattle community of 70,000 around "the one issue that unites us" — energy. Sustainable Ballard volunteers educate, facilitate, and collaborate … [Read more...]
Community Responses to Peak Oil
March 23, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Peak oil educator and author Richard Heinberg discusses what communities can do to prepare for peak oil. He covers transportation, including a novel ride-sharing scheme, assessing municipal vulnerabilities, local food and energy production, as well as the Hirsch report's … [Read more...]
The San Francisco Peak Oil Resolution
February 15, 2007 by Leave a Comment
San Francisco is the first American city to formally address the challenges of oil depletion. Dennis Brumm and Alyse Heartwell recount how members of SF Oil Awareness envisioned, wrote and presented to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors a Peak Oil resolution, which they … [Read more...]
San Luis Obispo’s Smart Energy Summit
January 4, 2007 by Leave a Comment
How can localities buy and build local renewable energy generation capacity? Ken Smokoska describes the opportunities afforded by California's Community Choice law AB117. Nick Alter and Aeron Arlin Genet describe the coalition of business, environmental, university, county … [Read more...]
The Portland Peak Oil Task Force
October 26, 2006 by Leave a Comment
Propelled by passage of the Portland Peak Oil Resolution in May 2006, a citizen's task force is developing recommendations for the city. With Brendan Finn, chief of staff to Commissioner of Public Affairs, and task force member Randy White. Their recommendations summary and … [Read more...]
Pondering Our Post-Petroleum Future
October 5, 2006 by Leave a Comment
Michael Ruppert has made connections between money, Peak Oil, and geopolitics for years. In what may be his last videotaped interview before leaving the U.S. "forever," Ruppert reflects on his move to Ashland, interest in Latin America. Around money and investment "in light … [Read more...]
Learning from Cuba’s Response to Peak Oil
September 28, 2006 by 1 Comment
Megan Quinn of Community Solution discusses her visit to Cuba, and the movie "The Power of Community." This young woman sees peak oil as an opportunity to create the communities we want, but notes that we must reduce our consumption despite environmentalists' assurances that … [Read more...]
101 Solutions to Global Climate Change
September 21, 2006 by Leave a Comment
Author Guy Dauncey’s lively, optimistic solutions for peak oil and climate crisis are do-able here and now. Conservation, efficiency, proven technologies, and emerging innovations will take us through this critical planetary energy transition. Episode 26. … [Read more...]
Citizens Advisory Group on Energy
June 8, 2006 by Leave a Comment
Matt Stevens chairs the group formed to assess Sebastopol's electricity use and its ability to respond to price increases and supply disruptions, and to make recommendations to reduce the city's vulnerability. Episode 20. Watch video | iTunes | … [Read more...]
Sebastopol: A Town Addresses Energy Decline
June 1, 2006 by Leave a Comment
City councilman Larry Robinson discusses how rising energy prices and availability might affect services like fire, water, wastewater, law enforcement—and the citizen's advisory group starting to address these issues. Episode 19. Watch video | iTunes | … [Read more...]
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