This is the final part of our serialization of Chapter 4 (Energy) from the latest Resilience guide, “Rebuilding the Foodshed: How to Create Local, Sustainable & Secure Food Systems“. This installment shows the big problem we have with...
The Sharing Solution and the Center for a New American Dream have launched a new 5-minute animation: Share Spray — A New Way To Do Everything. With creativity, charm, and a bit of fun, Share Spray explores how sharing could transform our lives and neighborhoods....
This video describes how housing might be owned in a more economically sustainable future, and explains how California’s Assembly Bill 1024 (Torres) can remove legal barriers to housing cooperatives in our communities. Learn more at http://www.theselc.org/AB1024. A video by...
On 27 February 2013 the University of Bonn invited Transition Bonn to take part in an event titled "The potential of the Transition Town movement to build a sustainable society." Among the speakers were Transition founder Rob Hopkins, filmmaker...
There are signs the climate movement could be on the verge of a remarkable and surprising victory. If we read the current context correctly, and if the movement can adjust its strategy to capture the opportunity presented, it could...
Credit: University of Oxford Environmental Change Institute podcasts | Download Professor Joshua Farley (Vermont University; ODID-ECI Astor Visiting Lecturer) gives a entitled “The Political Economy of Ecosystem Services”.
Lady Justice takes us on a tour of resilient communities, and looks into the legal ground work! A movie by the Sustainable Economies Law Center (www.theselc.org). Created by Janelle Orsi, with input from Chris Tittle, Ricardo Nunez, Yassi Eskandari,...
Monbiot, Mann, McKibben, various Transitioners and others on what to do if your Transition initiative comes under attack As Transition groups deepen their work and begin to have a tangible impact, it is, perhaps, inevitable that those who...
The US National Climate Assessment, a new draft study by 13 federal agencies under the Dept. of Commerce, warns that climate change is introducing to cities ample societal and business risks, but also economic opportunities. Because extreme weather is expected...
Leading American economist, attorney, author, entrepreneur and advocate for local business, Michael Shuman toured Australia in September. Shuman is the author of Local Dollars, Local Sense.