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Here’s a reminder of what PCI brought you this year:
10 things that will inspire your imagination
5 things that will fire your indignation
1 thing you can do to create a better future
And much more...
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10 Things To Inspire You
Temporary Recession Or End of Growth? Reading the economic tea leaves Richard Heinberg
No More Single-Purpose Anything All is one, one is all Majora Carter
Transition to a world without oil The future will be localized Rob Hopkins
Energy Uncertainty …and community resilience Daniel Lerch
Down to the Wire The real fault line in American politics David Orr
Future Farming A 50-year perspective on agriculture Wes Jackson
Exponential Money Meets a Finite World And the winner is…? Chris Martenson
Localization Is Globalization Gandhi, Gaviotas, and biogas Michael Shuman
Food & Farming Transition The seeds have been planted Richard Heinberg & Michael Bomford
Resilience Thinking Resilient to what? Rob Hopkins
5 Things To Fire You Up
Activism Is Dead Long live activism! Tod Brilliant
Disaster Transitionism Proverbial foxes and literal hen houses Asher Miller
Self-Jiving Nation Rodan the Flying Reptile meets opera bouffe James Howard Kunstler
The Real Limits to Growth A timely reminder Bill McKibben
Crying Over Spilt Oil The price of Petrocivilization Stephanie Mills
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1) Intentional Communities; 2) Earth-Sheltering; 3) Other DIY Innovators
From: Mike Murphy, Jan 16, 10 08:29 AM
Hi, folks. You do wonderful work. But have you unquestioningly embraced the corporate mind-set, that promotes strategies that aim at saving the consumerist-imperialist political economy? Don't we need to both re-examine our basic assumptions, as well as re-invent who we are and how we live and intereactw/ the planet & its occupants?
For example, I wonder why you haven't paid more attention to intentional communities [see, for example, "The Farm" in TN; Sirius in MA; EcoVillage at Ithaca in NY; and a thousand others].
And also take a good look at earth-sheltered houses & greenhouses. Like John Hait's "Passive Annual Heat Storage" designs; or Russell Finch [Nebraska's Only Citrus Grower"; EarthToys, Aug. 2003]. And "Joseph Orr's Fabulous Mud-Heat Storage Greenhouse" in Wyoming [Mother Earth News archives, c.1978]. See also Bob English's 'passive solar ice box' at fourmileisland.org
Personally, I lived at an i.c. [Sirius Community in MA]. I now live on a farm in Kentucky [which we hope to make into an i.c.], where we hope to construct an earth-sheltered dormitory. And also an e-s greenhouse, Mike Oehler-style. See also, Ana Edy's classic animal-heated 'Solviva' greenhouse on Martha's Vineyard.
Or John Howe's solar-powered Farmall Cub tractor up in Maine. [See "End of Fossil-Energy"] Or Steve Heckeroth's also solar-powered vehicles in California. And his work on roll-on pv-roofing.
So, I'd really like to see you brainiacs [a term I use fondly, I want you to know] talk some about these simple,m non-mass-produced, but proven strategies.
Please pardon me if you've already covered the above, & I've simply been too scattered coping w/ the times to notice!
Thorium
From: dave, Jan 13, 10 07:54 AM
I agree matt. I believe nuclear power is an integral part of our energy future, along with all other clean energy sources.
Especially when the US & India perfect the Thorium fuel cycle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium
Hopefully people will accept nuclear for the stepping stone it can be to help us reduce carbon emissions.
nuclear
From: matt, Jan 11, 10 09:31 PM
Wouldn't nuclear be post-carbon? Integral Fast Reactors for the masses.