Comments on: Skilling Up For Powerdown Course Notes – online until January 1st.

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 21:53:39 +0000

Indeed it will. In fact, plug plug, I would even suggest that alongside Patrick Whitefield's book, Albert's Post Petroleum Survival Guide is the essential course companion.

Albert, in an article a few years ago, coined the term I use now when people ask me the eternally tricky question "so what do you do?". I reply "I'm a postpetroleumologist". Neat.

By: Albert Bates

Albert Bates — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:31:44 +0000

You have provided an essential resource, and those of us who have been offering courses and introductions to this subject are in your debt now. We have been giving 2-week courses in Peak Oil preparedness at the Ecovillage Training Center in Tennessee since 2005 and our own manuals pale in comparison. This is an evolving curriculum, however, so improvements will pour in from everywhere.

I am only slightly sad that my own book, The Post-Petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook, reached you too late to be included. Perhaps it will make it into the next edition.

Good job.

By: Davie

Davie — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 17:43:51 +0000

Thanks for sharing this Rob. This week we just finished our four week introduction to Community Powerdown here at the Cultivate Centre in Dublin which was oversubscribed, and the next 6 week course which starts in January is almost sold out. There is such a hunger for this sort of information right now. This course was a pilot for the 10 week course that we are developing a CD ROM learning Resource to support. This CD and training for trainers will be available from April. The resource contains video clips, audio files, readings, course plans, games and whatever else we can find to help communicate the issues. We will be sharing the resources used on the Powerdown pages on http://www.sustainable.ie and look forward to working with you and all your readers to further awareness and get people ready to make a response to peak oil and climate change in their own communities. Keep up the great work everyone.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:44:07 +0000

Hi Jennifer,
Those figures come from Patrick Whitelfield’s ‘Earth Care Manual’. I took them as they were as gospel! Glad you found it useful.
All the best
Rob

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:49:33 +0000

Ditto on the thanks. This is a great compilation of important info.
Can you tell me how you figured out (in week 6) how much water went to what purpose in your home? I’d like to figure it out for my house.

By: Kathy Mcmahon

Kathy Mcmahon — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:41:54 +0000

Rob,

Thank you so much for posting this great resource. I'm looking forward to reading it and following the links...