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Low-tech for your resilience toolbox

By Erik Curren | December 30, 2010

German 19th century fireless cooker

In a world where iPhones, iPods and  iPads are everywhere and where dinner often means popping frozen mac and cheese into the microwave, pre-industrial ways of living may seem hopelessly quaint. But if you're concerned about peak oil, old tech can offer ways to increase personal and family resilience, if you're open to considering it. Can't you use less energy to do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Products, Re-skilling Tagged With: Dec 2010, energy efficiency, John Michael Greer, survivalism

I’m dreaming of a peak oil Christmas

By Lindsay Curren | December 7, 2010

Here at the Transition Voice offices, where the thermostat hovers very low, and where we're wrapped in wool scarves and blankets as we type out the collapse narrative through our fingerless gloves, it's hard to imagine that Scrooge will be moved by the spirit of a Christmas present this year. But, while we're aware that people are hurting all over, not everyone is necessarily … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts, Gifts, Products Tagged With: ASPO, clean energy, conservation, cooking, Dec 2010, DIY, homesteading, local economy, local food, peak oil, relocalization

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