Tag Archives: peak oil
The Post Carbon Institute and Resilience.org
The Post Carbon Institute is leading the transition to a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable world. Their website Resilience.org features an array of resources for community resilience, including a map of local groups such as Resilience Circles. Add your group to the map! Click here.
The True Price of Gas: an eye opening video
The True Price of Gas With gas above $4 a gallon in many places, the Obama administration last week announced that it would tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to increase supply and ease prices. But the price we pay for gas already hides the real cost of of oil— costs we pay, not at the […]
Desperately Seeking Hozho, by Alan Wartes
Though difficult to define in fewer than a hundred English words, hozho encompasses the Navajo ideal of living in harmony with all that is, of being in right relationship with the world. It is about balance; about personal and communal beauty that adds its voice to the whole blended ensemble of creation. Hozho teaches the […]
Homework for Session 5: Crash Course in Resilience, by Sarah Van Gelder (Optional)
From YES! Magazine, Fall 2010 We can strengthen our communities and ourselves to prepare for the uncertain world of failing economies, climate change, and oil depletion. To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival. —Wendell Berry When we are no longer able to change a […]
Take Heart. Take Action. Take the 350 Home and Gardening Challenge!
What will you do this May 14 and 15? Choose an action in the areas of food, water, energy, or community building. Register your action with Transition US and see what others around the world will be doing!
Petroleum-Based Products: A Partial List
plastic forks, plastic wrap, plastics, plywood adhesives, refrigerators, roller-skate wheels, …
Video: Peak Oil, Visually Explained
A Quick 3 minute video visually explaining Peak Oil, what oil is used for, and what the future may hold with regards to Peak Oil. This is the culmination of a year-long thesis project looking at how Graphic Design can help communicate a complex topic such as Peak Oil.
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