December 15, 2010. Seattle, WA. The final week of our 2010 Pacific Northwest Tour. We left Seattle December 15th amid pouring rain and packed freeways a bit before the so-called rush hour, reminding us why automobile-dependent suburbs and outlying areas will have the … [Read more...]
YES! Ready for Anything (184)
November 7, 2010 By 1 Comment
"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...]
Peak Moment meets Peak Shrink Kathy McMahon
October 11, 2010 By 4 Comments
October 10, 2010, part 3. Robyn and I transformed the RV's living area into the Peak Moment studio, where we taped a conversation with Peak Shrink Kathy McMahon in the evening. I've wanted to tape Kathy since reading her tongue-in-cheek blog about Panglossian disorder … [Read more...]
Partners in Preparedness – Neighborhoods and Emergency Responders (181)
October 6, 2010 By 1 Comment
The last thing "Dr. Doom" Bob Hamlin expected was citizens offering to help his county Emergency Management Department. But when Deborah Stinson from Port Townsend's Local 20/20 came to Bob's office after Hurricane Katrina, they formed a partnership. Citizens are organizing … [Read more...]
Taping authors Keith Farnish (Time’s Up) and Kathy Harrison (Just in Case)
June 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Today we taped two lively long distance conversations. We retaped a conversation with Keith Farnish, since the earlier show we'd taped — our first using skype on a friend's DSL line — had technical difficulties that made it unusable. Computer-savvy Keith gave us the fix for … [Read more...]
Preparing for Disasters and Hard Times (170)
May 16, 2010 By 2 Comments
In this animated dialogue, natural resource analyst Sean Brodrick provides a sharp-eyed perspective on what may be coming in this precarious economy and how to prepare for it. The author of The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide, Sean is hip to peak oil and other resource … [Read more...]
Four Acres and Independence — A Self-Sufficient Farmstead (168)
May 1, 2010 By 4 Comments
Take a tour, accompanied by curious sheep and geese, of Mark Cooper's self-sufficient small farm. Over several years, he transformed a rundown house and hillsides of berry brambles into pasture and gardens where he produces and preserves most of his family's food. Visit the … [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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