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Archive for “Peak Oil” category
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1 Nov 2006
**Powerdown and Permaculture – At the Cusp of Transition.
An Article by Rob Hopkins.**
Here is an article about permaculture and energy descent work that I wrote which appears in the latest issue of Permaculture Magazine which is released today, a milestone for the magazine, its 50th issue. Many congratulations to Tim, Maddy and their team for making it this far and for providing us with such a wonderful magazine over the years. You can either read the article below or see the pdf of it as it appears in the magazine (here).
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31 Oct 2006
I was touched by the news a few days ago that geneticist and environmental campaigner David Suzuki is to retire from activism. According to an article on Yahoo News, Suzuki is to retire to the Canadian wilderness to carve wood, fish and relax. At 70, after a life dedicated to promoting environmentalism through talks, TV programmes and books, Suzuki has had enough. Energy Bulletin suggested that activist burnout was at least partly to blame for his decision. I think at 70, whatever you have dedicated your life to doing, you are more than entitled to put your feet up a bit and go fishing. For me, the news raised the issue of whether we in the environmental movement are actually very good at respecting and honouring our elders.
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30 Oct 2006
This week Transition Town Totnes turns its focus to building and to housing, with 2 events. This Wednesday evening at 8pm in St Johns Church in Bridgetown is an event called **”Building Locally; the potential of natural building materials”**. The speakers are Rob Hopkins of Transition Town Totnes, Gareth Walton of the Devon Sustainable Building Initiative, and Jim Carfrae, the builder of a gorgeous strawbale house in Totnes. The cost is £3. The second event
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30 Oct 2006
**“Less is a Four Letter Word
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27 Oct 2006
Just thought you might like to see this, a rather nice write up of last weekend’s Open Space Day on Energy, together with a picture of Totnes Open Spacers having fun…. taken with thanks from this week’s Totnes Times. Just to show we’re not making all this up!
We had a great evening with **Bob Flowerdew** in Totnes Civic Hall last night, over 200 people. He was very entertaining and a real showman. I also did an interview with him over a pizza beforehand which I’ll post here as soon as I get it typed up. Next week sees the launch of our building events, I’ll post more about them on Monday.
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Here is an article about permaculture and energy descent work that I wrote which appears in the latest issue of Permaculture Magazine which is released today, a milestone for the magazine, its 50th issue. Many congratulations to Tim, Maddy and their team for making it this far and for providing us with such a wonderful magazine over the years. You can either read the article below or see the pdf of it as it appears in the magazine (here).
