Transition Rhode Island is up and running
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 Posted in Networking, Transition Towns, Relocalization, Community, adaptation | No Comments »One of the great things about the Transition Towns movement, is that it is making full use of all the latest social networking tools. Transition United States is connecting Transition groups from all over the country, and Transition ...
Bristol College hosts groundbreaking conference on peak oil and healthcare
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 Posted in Healthcare, adaptation, peak oil | No Comments »Nancy Lee Wood, PhD is presenting a major conference on April 14 at Bristol Community College, entitled Public Health & Medicine at the End of the Oil Age: Challenges and Opportunities. Find a full description of the conference and ...
A friendly permaculture critique of the Obama’s vegetable garden
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 Posted in Politics, Gardening/Farming, community gardens | No Comments »Rob Hopkins of Transition Culture takes a look at the Obama's "kitchen garden." Here's the link.
Local currency and food security
Monday, March 23rd, 2009 Posted in food security, Relocalization, Money, adaptation | No Comments »Great article by Jason Bradford of Willits Economic Localization in northern California, on the use of a locally-created currency to purchase basic foods. Must read for anyone interested in innovative approaches to food security.
Alice Waters on 60 Minutes: The mother of Slow Food
Monday, March 16th, 2009 Posted in Gardening/Farming, food production | No Comments »Nice piece, highlighting the local food movement, as we in southern Rhode Island prepare for A Celebration of Local Food in Charlestown on Friday evening. Watch CBS Videos Online
A Celebration of Local Food on the night of the spring equinox
Monday, March 16th, 2009 Posted in community supported agriculture, Culture/The Arts, Relocalization, Gardening/Farming, Community | No Comments »To mark the spring equinox, and the beginning of a new agricultural season, the Green Cafe's presentation on March 20th at 7:30 pm, is entitled "Celebrating Local Food." The event will explore and celebrate Rhode Island's rich and growing local ...
Paul Gilding and Joseph Romm on The Great Disruption
Thursday, March 12th, 2009 Posted in Economy, Money, adaptation | No Comments »By noon yesterday, I had talked to three people that were citing this On Point program with guests Paul Gilding and Joseph Romm talking with Tom Ashbrook. Here's the link.
The economic crisis impacts on public health
Thursday, March 12th, 2009 Posted in Economy, Healthcare, peak oil | No Comments »Dan Bednarz, PhD is presenting a program at Johns Hopkins University today, on peak oil's impacts on public health. Here is a transcript of his talk.
ASPO-USA: Peak oil, geopolitics and choke points
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 Posted in Politics, Energy, peak oil | No Comments »Video from the ASPO-USA conference in Sacramento last fall. Thanks to Peak Moment