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How "System Innovation" Could Transform Food, Energy and Finance (Video)
When I wrote about Maersk's gigantic, high-efficiency cargo ships last week, I talked about how these ships were not just likely deliver better efficiency themselves, but how they were being adopted as part of a
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Learning From Mycelium: Why the Most Important Activism Remains Unseen
There's been a lot of soul seraching recently over whether community focused groups like the Transition Movement should embrace more traditional activism, or whether a more overtly political stance would alienate many would-be supporters and lost the
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Awesome Time-Lapse Film Turning a Park into a Veggie Garden (Video)
When I wrote about a solar warehouse in Baltimore, I noted that one of its biggest advantages was how visible it was from a nearby highway. A similar point could be made for a new vegetable garden in Bath, England, that
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Is Post-Petroleum Human Literally a "Different Species"? (Video)
When Roberta Cruger explored the eco-dystopian cinematic visions emerging from the Toronto International Film Fest, she featured Collapse—a portrait of former cop turned peak oil futurist Michael C. Ruppert. As
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Maersk's Huge Ships Contribute to Industry-Wide Innovation
When Matthew wrote about Maersk's planned massive and ultra-fuel efficient Triple-E container ships, reactions were varied about whether or not it was a good thing. I suspect reactions will be similarly mixed to a new campaign that
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How Localization Can Help Revive Our Economies
From communities adopting cooperative business models to young people declaring "Share or Die", we've seen some innovative and resourceful responses to economic downturn. Now Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Town movement, has a great piece over
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One Village Envisions a Post-Oil Food System (Video)
We've already seen one British village aiming to go 100% solar. And we've seen one British farm trying to plan for agriculture after peak oil. Now here's a neat video about a community that is trying to plan for a
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Global Oil Consumption Hit Record High in 2010 - Demand Outpaces Supply Increases By One-Third
Some illuminating new stats on global oil production, consumption, and the shifting landscape of oil producing nations: Upstream Online reports that global oil consumption was up in 2010, bucking the trend for
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How Neighbors Help Neighbors to Cut Their Energy Use (Video)
From efficient cook stoves in China to foot-powered irrigation pumps in India, the Ashden Awards have always had a focus on low-tech, affordable and accessible ways to cut carbon. One of the latest Ashden Award recipients is
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Did UK Government Ignore Peak Oil Warnings, Or Did It Lie?
Yesterday I posted about evidence that UK government ministers dismissed peak oil warnings from their own staff as "alarmist and irrelevant", but evidence is mounting that this was more
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Government Dismissed "Alarmist" Peak Oil Warnings From Own Staff
While the International Energy Agency's Chief Economist has declared that no government is prepared for peak oil, news that UK ministers were holding secret talks on peak oil last year was seen by some as a hopeful sign that the threat was finally
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Greening Your Community When the Community Doesn't Care (Video)
A journalist called me the other day to talk about Transition Towns. I enthusiastically recounted how this Global community-led response to Peak Oil and climate change has preached beyond the choir—and enacted real,
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How Can Businesses Plan for Peak Oil?
Given that the IEA (International Energy Agency) chief is warning that no government is prepared for peak oil, the business community might do well to start making preparations of its own. But who should act, and how? When I asked how small businesses
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Transition Towns a "Conspiracy" to Take Your Land Away? (Video)
Community-lead Transition Town groups have been spreading like wildfire across the Globe. From planting nut trees in community parks to nurturing local economies and local currencies, they tend to focus on community
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Does Transition from Oil Create Wellbeing and Happiness?
By now most readers are probably familiar with the community-based Transition Movement's efforts to create a life after oil. But besides creating more resilient, energy secure communities, what's the movement's impact on quality of life? We already
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Britain as Vulnerable as Uganda to Energy Insecurity
With the IEA telling us that no government is prepared for peak oil, you would hope that politicians are playing close attention to diversifying their country's energy sources and tackling voracious demand. In Britain the
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Another Day, Another Spill: TransCanada Shuts Down Keystone Pipeline
The 591,000-barrel-a-day Keystone oil pipeline was shut down over the weekend, after a half-inch fitting broke and spilled approximately 10 barrels of oil. Not large as far as oil spills go, but it was the second spill in
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He Sh*ts, He Scores! Pigeons Carry Sporting News
From farming with horses to the return of the scythe, many people concerned about peak oil are looking at traditional techniques and technologies in
